Black feminist thought : knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment

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  • Author: Hill Collins, Patricia
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    In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought.

    Contents:
    • Part 1. The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought. The Politics of Black Feminist Thought
    • Distinguishing Features of Black Feminist Thought. Part 2. Core Themes in Black Feminist Thought. Work, Family, and Black Women's Oppression
    • Mammies, Matriarchs, and Other Controlling Images
    • The Power of Self-Definition
    • The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood
    • Black Women's Love Relationships
    • Black Women and Motherhood
    • Rethinking Black Women's Activism. Part 3. Black Feminism, Knowledge, and Power. U.S. Black Feminism in Transnational Context
    • Black Feminist Epistemology
    • Toward a Politics of Empowerment.
    Genre: Social science
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    0415924839

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    9780415924832

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In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought.

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