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Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength

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Black women are strong. At least that's what everyone says and how they are constantly depicted. But what, exactly, does this strength entail? And what price do Black women pay for it? In this book, the author, a psychologist and pastoral theologian, examines the burdensome yoke that the ideology of the Strong Black Woman places upon African American women. She demonstrates how the three core features of the ideology--emotional strength, caregiving, and independence--constrain the lives of African American women and predispose them to physical and emotional health problems, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and anxiety

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Author:
Chanequa Walker-Barnes
ISBN-10:
1620320665
Pages:
320
Publication Date:
June 18, 2014
Publisher:
Cascade Books
Binding:
Paperback

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