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Suryia Nayak - Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory: Working with Audre Lorde (Concepts for Critical Psychology) - 9781848721753 - V9781848721753
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Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory: Working with Audre Lorde (Concepts for Critical Psychology)

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Description for Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory: Working with Audre Lorde (Concepts for Critical Psychology) Paperback. Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSL3; JMG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.

Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual transdisciplinary step into the activism of Black feminist theory. The author, Suryia Nayak, presents a close reading of Audre Lorde and other related scholars to demonstrate how the activism of Black feminist theory is concerned with issues central to radical critical thinking and practice, such as identity, alienation, trauma, loss, the position and constitution of individuals within relationships, the family, community and society.

Nayak reveals how Black feminist theory seeks to ... Read more

Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory will be of great interest to advanced students, researchers, political activist and practitioners in psychology, counselling, psychotherapy, mental health, social work and community development.

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Product Details

Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Concepts for Critical Psychology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848721753
SKU
V9781848721753
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About Suryia Nayak
Suryia Nayak is a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Salford, UK. She has 30 years’ experience of working in the Rape Crisis Movement, community engagement across a diverse range of peoples positioned as alienated using models of education as liberation, and the activism of Black feminism to raise consciousness about the psychological and political impact of ... Read more

Reviews for Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory: Working with Audre Lorde (Concepts for Critical Psychology)
‘Race, Gender and the Activism of Black Feminist Theory offers cutting-edge social theory that uses Audre Lorde’s pathbreaking writings as a foundation. The book contains sharp insights into how critical theorists have sidestepped Lorde's anger at the racism within white feminist writings and thus misunderstood much of her work. As a result, Nayak ensures that feminist political engagement occupies a ... Read more

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