Wounds Of The Spirit Summary

“Wounds of the Spirit” by Traci West, “The Other Side of Paradise” by Stacyann Chin, and “Loving in the War Years” by Cherríe Moraga, all deal with feminist issues in a chaotic environment. Taking three unique routes, these books portray the female experience of sexuality and feminism in different cultural environments. They also illuminate that different cultures have similar struggles and concludes in strong feminism.
“Wounds of the Spirit” takes a new perspective on a burdensome issue; sexual violence against African American women. While most books either provide information or point blame toward individuals, Traci West takes an alternative route and uses actual interviews of women who have overcome different types of sexual violence. The

West goes into detail about overcoming sexual violence through psychological, sociological and theological tactics by using the stories of real women to better comprehend women who have been victimized and to create immunity from sexually violent behaviors. While the focus of her book is toward African American women she connects this to all women with her broad terms, making it even more relatable to women of a different cultural background. The four parts of this book come together to create more than a moving story, but also a method of prevention of further violence in, not only African American women but, all

The book does not contain the same poetic elements the first half does; it instead uses a more professional business like route. Defining the culture of her society through a political and oratorical manner, the second half of the book creates profound evidence for her identity confusion that results in her feminism. The book takes two elements of life and culture and creates one world from both. It gives both a personal first hand perspective of feminism, as well as a second hand look at feminism through the Chicano/a movement.
While all three books deal with feminism, they each have their own tactics of dealing with the unequal treatment of women. By using real interviews from women who have suffered, to an autobiography of an author who has dealt with the issues herself, these books deal with sexual abuse and feminism at their finest. Each book has its own maneuver to create a helpful and knowledgeable perspective to overcoming issues that are directed to