The Language of Strong Black Womanhood: Myths, Models, Messages, and a New Mandate for Self-Care [Paperback]

In The Language of Strong Black Womanhood: Myths, Models, Messages, and a New Mandate for Self-Care, Black women of the Baby Boomer generation and Hip Hop generation share messages communicated and models witnessed in their socialization for strength revealing how this mandate endures in Black womens lived experiences. They also express concern that self-care was not presented as critical for sustaining life as a strong Black womana concern shared by Black women bloggers who advocate resisting the myth and redefining strength for self-care. This Black feminist exploration of strong Black womanhood provides an alternative to harmful perceptions, constructions, and representations of Black women and suggests a mandate to move toward the revolutionary act of Black womens self-care.Karla D. Scott is associate professor of communication, director of the African American Studies program and former assistant dean for diversity and inclusion in the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Louis University.

This is a very powerful, necessary, and essential body of work by an esteemed, womanist, sistah-friend-scholar. She captures the complex nuances of Black womanhood that is expressed in public, private, and academic spheres and dissects it in ways that offer depth and richness to our understandings of an all too often ignored important segment of our populationboth in the United States and beyond. Black womenand even other women of colorwill assuredly be enthralled by this book, as they will be affirmed and inspired to continue on the path towards making a difference in their communities, while also challenging the myth of a Super (Black) Woman who is sacrificial to a fault. Dr. Scott emboldens us to rethink who we are and engage in constructing/performing healthier models that embody self-care, as we sprinkle dashes of #BlackGirlMagic along the path for other Black women and girls who wish to follow in our footsteps or pave their own journey. Tina Harris, Universilã(