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Checked out
Series
Genres
Publication
Routledge (1999), Edition: Revised, 10th Anniv., 2nd, 336 pages
Description
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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LibraryThing member roniweb
What I loved the most about this book is that it is an academic text, but PCH doesn't waste time with jargon. If she uses it, she defines it almost immediately. There is also a glossary in the back of the book. A book that I will use a lot. So happy I was pushed to revisit this text.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1990
Physical description
336 p.; 6.25 x 1 inches
ISBN
0415924847 / 9780415924849
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