Ethnicity

body image | ethnicity | girl power & feminism | health
inspiration | media | sexuality | size acceptance | sports

		A Hunger So Wide and So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women's Eating Problems by Becky Thompson Through interviews with women from a range of cultural backgrounds, Thompson takes a rare and vital look at the influence of ethnicity, assimilation, abuse and trauma on women of color's quiet struggle to feel at home in their bodies.
		Body Outlaws: Young Women Write About Body Image& Identity edited by Ophira Edut The first-ever multicultural body image anthology. Twenty-eight young women reveal a world where bodies come in al their many-splendored shapes, sizes, colors and textures. In doing so, they expand the national dialogue about body image to include race, ethnicity, sexuality and power—issues that, while often overlooked, are intimately linked to how women feel about their bodies. See the website at www.bodyoutlaws.com.
		Body and Soul: The Black Women's Guide to Physical Health and Well-Being by Linda Villarosa A comprehensive health and wellness guide tailored to African-American women, by former Essence editor Linda Villarosa.
		Salud: A Latina's Guide to Total Health by Jane L. Delgado Latinas are moer likely to have diabetes, heart disease, STDs, and depression -- yet the U.S. healthcare system too often leaves them sidelined. Written by the head of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and the National Hispanic Women's Health Initiative, this book gives vital resources, facts and information and covers everything from traditional to alternative therapy, medical to spiritual healing.
		Yell-Oh! Girls: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American edited by Vickie Nam This collection of essays, poems and letters by young Asian American girls ages 15-22 replaces myth with new realities, covering body image, interracial friendships, adoption, sexuality and more. Each section is nicely set off with a "mentor piece" by an established, older Asian American woman writer.
		Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism edited by Danya Ruttenberg Covering everything from religion to body image to transgenderism to the "JAP" stereotype, these Gen X Jewesses present a new model for what it means to be Jewish and female today.

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