My Grandmother's Hands
Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
Ranked #23 in Trauma, Ranked #31 in Interactions — see more rankings.
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue... more
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My Grandmother's Hands is ranked in the following categories:
- #85 in Dramatic
- #87 in PTSD
- #93 in Social Work
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