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Author |
: Debra Anne Susie |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 278 |
Release |
: 2009-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820333885 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0820333883 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Way of Our Grandmothers by : Debra Anne Susie
Based on the accounts of midwives, their descendants, and the women they served, In the Way of Our Grandmothers tells of the midwife's trade--her principles, traditions, and skills--and of the competing medical profession's successful program to systematically destroy the practice. The rural South was one of the last strongholds of the traditional "granny" midwife. Whether she came by her trade through individual choice or inherited a practice from an older relative, a woman who accepted the "call" of midwife launched a lifelong vocation of public service. While the profession was arduous, it had numerous rewards. Midwives assumed positions of leadership within their communities, were able to define themselves and their actions on their own terms, and derived a great sense of pride and satisfaction from performing a much-loved job. Despite national statistics that placed midwives above all other attendants in low childbirth mortality, Florida's state health experts began in the early twentieth century to view the craft as a menace to public health. Efforts to regulate midwives through education and licensing were part of a long-term plan to replace them with modern medical and hospital services. Eager to demonstrate their good will and common interest, most midwives complied with the increasingly restrictive rules imposed by the state, unknowingly contributing to the demise of their own profession. The recent interest of the youthful middle class in home birth methods has been accompanied by a rediscovery of the midwife's craft. Yet the new midwifery represents the state's successful attainment of a long-awaited goal: the replacement of the traditional lay midwife with the modern nurse-midwife. In the Way of Our Grandmothers provides a voice for the few women in the South who still remember the earlier trade--one that evolved organically from the needs of women and existed outside the realms of men.
Author |
: Joanna Kadi |
Publisher |
: South End Press |
Total Pages |
: 316 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0896084892 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780896084896 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Food for Our Grandmothers by : Joanna Kadi
Thoughtful and critical, this memorable collection of essays, poems, and recipes by over forty Arab-American and Arab-Canadian feminists honors the courage and spirit of Arab women -- past, present, and future. Book jacket.
Author |
: Resmaa Menakem |
Publisher |
: Central Recovery Press |
Total Pages |
: 279 |
Release |
: 2017-08-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781942094487 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1942094485 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Grandmother's Hands by : Resmaa Menakem
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "My Grandmother's Hands will change the direction of the movement for racial justice."— Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology. The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. Menakem argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police. My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not only about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide. Paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system. Offers a step-by-step healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods, in addition to incisive social commentary. Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, is a therapist with decades of experience currently in private practice in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. Menakem has studied with bestselling authors Dr. David Schnarch (Passionate Marriage) and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score). He also trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.
Author |
: Maya Angelou |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 60 |
Release |
: 2013-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307833273 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307833275 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie by : Maya Angelou
Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society.
Author |
: Amanda J. Cobb |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2000-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0803215096 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780803215092 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories by : Amanda J. Cobb
Bloomfield Academy was founded in 1852 by the Chickasaw Nation in conjunction with missionaries. It remained open for nearly a century, offering Chickasaw girls one of the finest educations in the West. After being forcibly relocated toøIndian Territory, the Chickasaws viewed education as instrumental to their survival in a rapidly changing world. Bloomfield became their way to prepare emerging generations of Chickasaw girls for new challenges and opportunities. Amanda J. Cobb became interested in Bloomfield Academy because of her grandmother, Ida Mae Pratt Cobb, an alumna from the 1920s. Drawing on letters, reports, interviews with students, and school programs, Cobb recounts the academy?s success story. In stark contrast to the federally run off-reservation boarding schools in operation at the time, Bloomfield represents a rare instance of tribal control in education. For the Chickasaw Nation, Bloomfield?a tool of assimilation?became an important method of self-preservation.
Author |
: Carol Schaefer |
Publisher |
: Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages |
: 312 |
Release |
: 2006-11-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780834824171 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0834824175 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grandmothers Counsel the World by : Carol Schaefer
We are thirteen indigenous grandmothers. . . . We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth, the atrocities of war, the global scourge of poverty, the prevailing culture of materialism, the epidemics that threaten the health of the Earth’s peoples, and with the destruction of indigenous ways of life. We, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, believe that our ancestral ways of prayer, peacemaking, and healing are vitally needed today. . . . We believe that the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future. In some Native American societies, tribal leaders consulted a council of grandmothers before making any major decisions that would affect the whole community. What if we consulted our wise women elders about the problems facing our global community today? This book presents the insights and guidance of thirteen indigenous grandmothers from five continents, many of whom are living legends among their own peoples. The Grandmothers offer wisdom on such timely issues as nurturing our families; cultivating physical and mental health; and confronting violence, war, and poverty. Also included are the reflections of Western women elders, including Alice Walker, Gloria Steinem, Helena Norberg-Hodge, and Carol Moseley Brown.
Author |
: Han Seong-won |
Publisher |
: Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 181 |
Release |
: 2023-08-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781462924158 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1462924158 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers by : Han Seong-won
**Recommended by the New York Public Library among its list of '50 Best New Comics for Adults' in 2023** They have waited 75 years for an acknowledgment that what was done to them was a war crime. They are still waiting. Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers is a beautifully and sensitively rendered narrative of the ongoing crusade of WWII's most courageous survivors: the "Comfort Women"--sex slaves--of the Japanese Imperial Army. This offering in graphic novel format is both a moving tribute and a call to awareness that, though addressing young adults, speaks to all of us. Because crimes against any part of humanity are crimes against all humanity, such acts, and the brave people who endure them, must never be forgotten. Focusing on the "Comfort Women" of his native Korea as well as from other countries, author and artist Han Seong-won tells the stories of women who were coerced, sometimes through abduction, into sexual slavery wherever the Japanese army put down stakes. Through his personal encounters with these valiant women, Han portrays strong individuals who refused to allow their identities to be defined by what was forced upon them. Rather, they are defined by their continuing triumph over pain, loss and memory even though their ordeals remain with them in some form to this day. Now in their nineties, these women are artists, musicians and activists. They share their personal stories with us, and give us their testimony. This book honors so many women, like Grandmother Kang Il-chul, abducted from her home at gunpoint when she was a girl, threatened with murder when she contracted typhoid. And Grandmother Kim Hak-soon, who began giving public testimony in 1991, testified before the UN in 1993, and remained an activist for the rest of her life. It honors women who bore witness on behalf of their mothers, who kept their ordeal a secret and carried it to their graves. It honors those who have been standing in solidarity beside these women over the years. Alongside passionate advocates from younger generations, the Grandmothers in Korea have been protesting on a weekly basis since 1992—speaking for all victims of war and violations of human rights. This is a warm and loving tribute to the Grandmothers and the courage which led them to speak out. This book is a call to all of us to stand up for the basic rights of others.
Author |
: Mark Hudson |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 1989 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0749390875 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780749390877 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Our Grandmothers' Drums by : Mark Hudson
'West Africa. Blinding white light, dust and scrub, salt flats and mangrove swamps, a village called Dulaba in the Gambia. People are scratching a living out of rice, groundnuts, millet. At the appointed time, the women beat their grandmothers' drums and go to the bush for the circumcision rituals. No man is allowed. . . . . . . To Mark Hudson, a casual visitor, Dulaba in 1985 was a fascination; its stark landscape vivid with the presence of its women. What were their lives, bounded by Islam, by female circumcision, by the necessity to work in the fields and to obey first their mothers and then their husbands? Out of his year in Dulaba has come a wonderful book. Reading it is like watching a picture being painted. . . . . A moving, evan a majestic book' Listener
Author |
: Amanda J. Cobb |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 204 |
Release |
: 2007-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0803264674 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780803264670 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Listening to Our Grandmothers' Stories by : Amanda J. Cobb
A historical narrative of the Bloomfield Academy, its impact on educational development of the Native women who attended the school, and how it related to the education of the general Native population.
Author |
: Mary-Ellen Kelm |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 449 |
Release |
: 2006-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802079602 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802079601 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Days of Our Grandmothers by : Mary-Ellen Kelm
From Ellen Gabriel to Tantoo Cardinal, many of the faces of Aboriginal people in the media today are women. In the Days of Our Grandmothers is a collection of essays detailing how Aboriginal women have found their voice in Canadian society over the past three centuries. Collected in one volume for the first time, these essays critically situate Aboriginal women in the fur trade, missions, labour and the economy, the law, sexuality, and the politics of representation. Leading scholars in their fields demonstrate important methodologies and interpretations that have advanced the fields of Aboriginal history, women's history, and Canadian history. A scholarly introduction lays the groundwork for understanding how Aboriginal women's history has been researched and written and a comprehensive bibliography leads readers in new directions. In the Days of our Grandmothers is essential reading for students and anyone interested in Aboriginal history in Canada.