Womanism against Socially Constructed Matriarchal Images

A Theoretical Model toward a Therapeutic Goal

M. Hill

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780230340657
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137010766
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Christianity
• Index: Social Sciences

This book stems from a concern to assist pastoral counsellors in developing a therapeutic alliance with African-American women. It focuses on the social construct of the African-American matriarch, which can easily misinform the counsellor and cause emotional jeopardy for African-American women who attempt to live up to its expectations.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgement
• Introduction“Are All the Children at the Table?”
• 1“My Soul Looks Back and Wonders”
• 2 Who Is the African American Female?“Strong Women Do Not Cry”
• 3 African American Mother/DaughterSocial Construction“God Doesn’t Put More on YouThan You Can Bear”
• 4 Womanism: Embodying One’sOwn Particularity“No Matter the Crime, the Child Is Mine”
• 5 Psychological Confrontation of Matriarchy“Work Easy Until You Get Your Headout of the Lion’s Mouth”
• 6 Forgiveness: A Healing Response
• 7 Conclusion and Wider Implications
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index