Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being

by M. Shawn Copeland

Book Overview

Being human is neither abstract nor hypothetical. It is concrete, visceral, and embodied in the everyday experience and relationships that determine who we are. In that case, argues distinguished theologian Shawn Copeland, we have much to learn from the embodied experience of black women who, for centuries, have borne in their bodies the identities and pathologies of those in power. With rare insight and conviction, Copeland demonstrates how black...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800662741
• ISBN13: 9780800662745
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"