A womanist perspective for social work with African American women

This article articulates a womanist perspective for social work in an effort to address the void of theoretical literature in this field that combines gender and race as analytic frameworks (Nichols-Casebolt, Krysik, & Hamilton, 1994). Womanism is an emergent theoretical perspective that reforms...

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Published in:Social thought (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2003-01, Vol.22 (4), p.3-17
Main Author: Littlefield, Melissa B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
African American
Christianity
Contemporary period
diversity
Females
feminism
Feminist Theory
gender
General subjects
History and sciences of religions
Psychology
Race
Sex Role Identity
Social Environment
womanist
women
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Summary:This article articulates a womanist perspective for social work in an effort to address the void of theoretical literature in this field that combines gender and race as analytic frameworks (Nichols-Casebolt, Krysik, & Hamilton, 1994). Womanism is an emergent theoretical perspective that reforms and expands mainstream feminist theory to incorporate racial and cultural differences, with a particular focus on African American women (Sanders, 1995; Williams, 1987). This article fuses womanist constructs with constructs from the Life Model of Social Work (Germain & Gitterman, 1996) to emphasize the significance of African American women's social environments and selected adaptation strategies they employ to achieve psychosocial well-being, including gender role identity, religion, and social support.
ISSN:0099-183X
DOI:10.1080/15426432.2003.9960354