{"product_id":"black-womens-yoga-history-memoirs-of-inner-peace-hardcover","title":"Black Women's Yoga History: Memoirs of Inner Peace - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephanie Y. Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJana Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines how Black women elders have managed stress, emphasizing how self-care practices have been present since at least the mid-nineteenth century, with roots in African traditions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow have Black women elders managed stress? In \u003ci\u003eBlack Women's Yoga History\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephanie Y. Evans uses primary sources to answer that question and to show how meditation and yoga from eras of enslavement, segregation, and migration to the Civil Rights, Black Power, and New Age movements have been in existence all along. Life writings by Harriet Jacobs, Sadie and Bessie Delany, Eartha Kitt, Rosa Parks, Jan Willis, and Tina Turner are only a few examples of personal case studies that are included here, illustrating how these women managed traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression. In more than fifty yoga memoirs, Black women discuss practices of reflection, exercise, movement, stretching, visualization, and chanting for self-care. By unveiling the depth of a struggle for wellness, memoirs offer lessons for those who also struggle to heal from personal, cultural, and structural violence. This intellectual history expands conceptions of yoga and defines inner peace as mental health, healing, and wellness that is both compassionate and political.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Y. Evans \u003c\/b\u003eis a Professor of Black Women's Studies, Director of the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of African American Studies and in the Center for the Study of Stress, Trauma, and Resilience at Georgia State University. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBlack Women and Social Justice Education: Legacies and Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Andrea D. Domingue and Tania D. Mitchell); \u003ci\u003eBlack Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Kanika Bell and Nsenga K. Burton); and \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Community Service, Service-Learning, and Community-Based Research\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Colette M. Taylor, Michelle R. Dunlap, and DeMond S. Miller), all published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51788799082784,"sku":"9781438483634","price":177.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/66eb8d787ced7a9339586e2147edd0ba_0d8a94df-196d-444b-b68a-edfdc9c6a634.webp?v=1780660398","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-womens-yoga-history-memoirs-of-inner-peace-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}