Sisters of the Yam: Black Woman and Self-Recovery
Boston: South End Press, 1993.
First Edition. Paperback. "Before many of us can effectively sustain engagement in organized resistance struggle, in black liberation movement, we need to undergo a process of self-recovery that can heal individual wounds that may prevent us from functioning fully..." In Sisters of the Yam, the iconic feminist philosopher and social activist bell hooks addresses the inner wellbeing of Black women, tackling issues such as addiction, truth-telling, work, grieving, spirituality, eroticism, reconciliation and forgiveness, community, connection to nature, and more, celebrating the joy of self healing and sharing strategies for self-recovery from and continued political struggle against racism, sexism, and capitalism. This 1993 first edition in paperback, simultaneously published in cloth, of Sisters of the Yam comes from the library of the late influential Jewish lesbian feminist, theorist, activist, and scholar Dr. Bette S. Tallen (1950–2023).
Dr. Bette Tallen's copy, with her ownership signature to first page. Full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/8". 194pp. Light edgewear to glossy red pictorial wraps, with faint sunning to spine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Very good +. Item #17201
ISBN: 0896084566
Price: $65.00