Black women and breast cancer : a cultural theology / Elizabeth A. Williams
- Author
- Williams, Elizabeth A., 1972-
- Published
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 167 pages).
Access Online
- Series
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Talking God and Talking Cancer -- Chapter 2: The Power of Black Women's Cancer Testimonies -- Chapter 3: Black Women's Cancer Support Seeking -- Chapter 4: Healing Claims as Acts of Faith and Resistance -- Chapter 5: Black Women Transformed into Cancer Survivors -- Chapter 6: Black Cancer Survivors' Transformative Theology of Hope.
- Summary
- Elizabeth Williams draws on the perspectives of womanist theology and anthropology to examine how Black, American women use faith to achieve well-being after a breast cancer diagnosis. Williams portrays how these women have constructed a cultural theology of breast cancer that draws on their experiences and worldviews.
- Subject(s)
- Breast—Cancer
- African American women—Medical care
- Breast—Cancer—Religious aspects
- Health education
- Breast Neoplasms
- Health Education
- Sein—Cancer
- Noires américaines—Soins médicaux
- Sein—Cancer—Aspect religieux
- Éducation sanitaire
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
- MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
- MEDICAL / Diseases
- MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
- MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
- ISBN
- 1498561071 electronic book
9781498561075 electronic book
9781498561068 hardcover alkaline paper
1498561063 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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