{"product_id":"racism-health-and-post-industrialism-a-theory-of-african-american-health-paperback","title":"Racism, Health, and Post-Industrialism: A Theory of African-American Health - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClovis Semmes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorical, sociological, and ecological analyses reveal that the health of a people is broadly determined by the strength, resilience, and vitality of their culture. The destructive effects of oppression and exploitation on health linger and are difficult to transcend when systemic attacks on the institutional stability of a people persist. Normative cultural destabilization produces added and abnormal challenges to the health status of African Americans. The pursuit of health becomes both a goal and a tool of liberation. Better health builds and releases mental, physical, and spiritual energy that can be directed toward achieving empowerment and development. The process of self-consciously pursuing better health attacks the fundamental mechanisms of cultural exploitation and oppression by serving to dismantle colonial-like relationships of dependency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCLOVIS E. SEMMES is Professor of African American Studies at Eastern Michigan University. His earlier book, \u003ci\u003eCultural Hegemony and African American Development\u003c\/i\u003e (Praeger, 1992), received the \u003ci\u003eChoice Outstanding Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e in 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45306973192294,"sku":"9780275954284","price":94.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TnBjaGQvU3I1RmcyTXFqMmp1UnE2UT09.webp?v=1774104630","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/racism-health-and-post-industrialism-a-theory-of-african-american-health-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}