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Ain't I a Woman
Bell Hooks
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Description for Ain't I a Woman
Paperback. A Pluto Classic. A provocative and inspiring book on the culture and politics of black women's rights. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
In this classic study, cultural critic bell hooks examines how black women, from the seventeenth century to the present day, were and are oppressed by both white men and black men and by white women.
Illustrating her analysis with moving personal accounts, Ain't I a Woman is deeply critical of the racism inherent in the thought of many middle-class white feminists who have failed to address issues of race and class.
While acknowledging the conflict of loyalty to race or sex is still a dilemma, hooks challenges the view that race and ... Read more
In this classic study, cultural critic bell hooks examines how black women, from the seventeenth century to the present day, were and are oppressed by both white men and black men and by white women.
Illustrating her analysis with moving personal accounts, Ain't I a Woman is deeply critical of the racism inherent in the thought of many middle-class white feminists who have failed to address issues of race and class.
While acknowledging the conflict of loyalty to race or sex is still a dilemma, hooks challenges the view that race and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780861043798
SKU
9780861043798
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About Bell Hooks
bell hooks (1952-2021) was an author, feminist and activist, whose writing was at the juncture of race, class, and gender. A figurehead of intersectionality, she authored numerous feminist classics and in 2014 the bell hooks institute was founded in her name. Her books include Ain't I a Woman (Pluto, 1987), Feminist Theory (Pluto, 2000) and Feminism is for Everybody (Pluto, 2000). ... Read more
Reviews for Ain't I a Woman
'A fiery piece of polemic filled with merciless criticism of feminism and black activism alike for their neglect of black women's rights ... provocative and inspiring ... visionary'
New Statesman 'One of the twenty most influential women's books of the last twenty years'
Publishers Weekly 'Her commentary about the impact of racism and sexism on black women is ... Read more
New Statesman 'One of the twenty most influential women's books of the last twenty years'
Publishers Weekly 'Her commentary about the impact of racism and sexism on black women is ... Read more