"This is a finely nuanced collection that should be read by anyone who wants to understand the meansing so health and illness in American communities."
Wings of Gauze
Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness
Edited by Barbara Bair and Susan E. Cayleff
Paper - 9780814323021
Price: $24.95s
Published 1993
Pages: 394
Subjects: Africana Studies: Anthropology and Sociology
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Description
Wings of Gauze is a mulitdisciplinary anthology of original essays written about the experiences of women of color in the United States—African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Southeast Asian American.
Published by Wayne State University Press
Reviews
"Finally, a book in which the lifeworld of women of color emerges to challenge the narrow medical discourse on health. This is a finely nuanced collection that should be read by anyone who wants to understand the meansing so health and illness in American communities."
— Susan M. Reberby, Wellesley College