Title Black women and breast cancer : a cultural theology / Elizabeth A. Williams

Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 167 pages) Series Anthropology of well-being : individual, community, society Anthropology of well-being. Contents Chapter 1: Talking God and Talking Cancer -- Chapter 2: The Power of Black Women's Cancer Testimonies -- Chapter 3: Black Women's Cancer Support Seeking -- Chapter 4: Healing Claims as Acts of Faith and Resistance -- Chapter 5: Black Women Transformed into Cancer Survivors -- Chapter 6: Black Cancer Survivors' Transformative Theology of Hope Summary Elizabeth Williams draws on the perspectives of womanist theology and anthropology to examine how Black, American women use faith to achieve well-being after a breast cancer diagnosis. Williams portrays how these women have constructed a cultural theology of breast cancer that draws on their experiences and worldviews Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 04, 2019) Subject Breast -- Cancer. African American women -- Medical care Breast -- Cancer -- Religious aspects Health education. Breast Neoplasms Health Education HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine MEDICAL / Diseases MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine MEDICAL / Internal Medicine African American women -- Medical care Breast -- Cancer Breast -- Cancer -- Religious aspects Health education Form Electronic book LC no. 2018052995 ISBN 1498561071 9781498561075

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