- Collection:
- Spelman College Faculty Publications
- Title:
- The Healing Power of Black Women's Words: In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Creator:
- Williams, Erica L., Spelman College
- Date of Original:
- 2021-10-08
- Subject:
- Spelman College--Faculty
African American scholars
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- I first got diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2021. My first reaction was, of course, crying and talking with my family. My next reaction was turning to read familiar and comforting words: Audre Lorde�s The Cancer Journals (1980). There was something about reading the words of another Black woman who had gone through the journey on which I was about to embark that bolstered me. Audre Lorde opens the book by identifying herself as a post-mastectomy woman who believes our feelings need voice in order to be recognized, respected, and of use (9). I, too, am a �post-mastectomy woman. But it was quite a whirlwind to get to that point.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/sc.fac.pubs:2022_williams_erica_l
- Rights Holder:
- Spelman College
- Original Collection:
- Cite Black Women (blog)
- Holding Institution:
- Spelman College
- Rights:
-
