Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual transdisciplinary step into the activism of Black feminist theory. The author, Suryia Nayak, presents a close reading of Audre Lorde and other related scholars to demonstrate how the activism of Black feminist theory is concerned with issues central to radical critical thinking and practice, such as identity, alienation, trauma, loss, the position and constitution of individuals within relationships,...

Intersectionality is a concept that refutes the idea of mutually exclusive categories of identity, experience and analysis. Using the lens of intersectionality to shine a light on social work across national, racial, religious, cultural and embodied borders, this book brings together a range of international perspectives to highlight the importance of Black feminist theory in social work. It provokes wider debates by asking crucial questions about how intersectionality can challenge the structures and discourses of social work within a wider global context and how this applies to...