Body language sisters in shape, black women's fitness, and feminist identity politics /

Lau, Kimberly J.

Body language sisters in shape, black women's fitness, and feminist identity politics / [electronic resource] : Kimberly J. Lau. - Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2011. - xi, 187 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The anatomy of a movement -- Experience : spirituality, sisterhood, and the unspeakable -- Performance : negotiating multiple black womanhoods -- New bodies of knowledge -- Re-articulating feminist identity politics.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Feminism--United States.
Feminist theory--Political aspects.
Group identity--United States.
African American women--Social conditions.
Self-care, Health--United States.
Women--Socialization--United States.


Electronic books.

HQ1181.U5 / L38 2011

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