Womanism Rising (Transformations: Womanist studies)

By: Osizwe R.J. Harwell and Melinda A. Mills and Jameta N. Barlow and LeShawnda Lindsay and Melanie L. Harris and Epifania A. Amoo-Adare and Xiumei Pu and Susannah Bartlow and Tobias L. Spears and Charles G. Stephens and Steven Fullwood and Northway Rachel C and Heidi R. Lewis and Gary L. Lemons and Yolo A. Robinson and Derrick Lanois and Sherell A. McArthur and Stephanie Y. Evans and Debra E. Johnson

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Synopsis: Womanism Rising concludes Layli Maparyan’s three-book exploration of womanist studies. The collection showcases new work by emerging womanist authors who expand the womanist idea while extending womanism to new sites, new problems, and new audiences. Maparyan organizes the contributions around five key ideas. The first section looks at womanist self-care as a life-saving strategy. The second examines healing the Earth as a prerequisite to healing ourselves. In Part Three, the essays illuminate how womanism’s politics of invitation provides a strategy for enlarging humanity’s circle of inclusion, while Part Four considers womanism as both a challenge and antidote to dehumanization. The final section delves into womanism’s potential for constructing worlds and futures. In addition, Maparyan includes a section of works by womanist visual artists. Defiant and far-sighted, Womanism Rising takes readers on a journey into a new generation of concepts, ideas, and strategies for womanist studies.