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Elizabeth Williams effectively joins the ideas and practices of cultural anthropology and theology to help the reader comprehend the understandings of a group of African American, cancer-surviving women. The foundation of William's account are the voices of these women extended through her thoughtful reading and theoretically informed analysis. Her account is both intellectually elegant and of great utility for those providing medical care to African American women. -- John van Willigen, University of Kentucky Through interdisciplinary analysis and intersectional advocacy, Williams examines the theological anthropology of breast cancer's impact not only on Black women's bodies, but also the moral and spiritual implications it has for human flourishing amidst the ravages of disease. Through her ties to medical research and underserved communities, she deftly identifies and explores the ideological and intimate underpinnings that womanist thought and praxis has for offering moral visions of hope and holistic approaches to a more thoroughgoing anthropological understanding of what it means to survive and thrive amidst death-dealing circumstances. -- Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Vanderbilt University

Elizabeth Williams effectively joins the ideas and practices of cultural anthropology and theology to help the reader comprehend the understandings of a group of African American, cancer-surviving women. The foundation of William's account are the voices of these women extended through her thoughtful reading and theoretically informed analysis. Her account is both intellectually elegant and of great utility for those providing medical care to African American women. -- John van Willigen, University of Kentucky

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Elizabeth A. Williams is associate professorin the Department of Public Health, Health Administration and Health Sciences at Tennessee State University.

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