Download or read book Womanism against Socially Constructed Matriarchal Images written by M. Hill and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book stems from a concern to assist pastoral counsellors in developing a therapeutic alliance with African-American women. It focuses on the social construct of the African-American matriarch, which can easily misinform the counsellor and cause emotional jeopardy for African-American women who attempt to live up to its expectations.