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Ain't I a Woman

By bell hooks
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Ain't I a Woman explores the intersection of race, gender, and class, analysing the historical impact of sexism on black women from slavery to modern times. Bell Hooks examines the marginalisation black women face within both the feminist movement and black activism, challenging antifeminist views and advocating for a feminist dialogue that fully recognises race, class, and gender.
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This essential text is ideal for readers interested in feminist theory, social justice, race studies, and the history of black women's activism.

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A provocative and inspiring book on the culture and politics of black women's rights

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A study of the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the historic devaluation of black womanhood, sexism among black men, racism within the women's movement, and the black woman's involvement with feminism.

Hooks refutes the antifeminist claim that black women have no need for an autonomous women's movement. She pushes feminist dialogue to new limits by claiming that all progressive struggles are significant only when they take place within a broadly defined feminist movement which takes as its starting point the immutable facts of race, class, and gender.

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Praised as a fiery and visionary critique, the book delivers merciless criticism of both feminism and black activism for overlooking black women's rights. The New Statesman calls it provocative and inspiring, while Publishers Weekly ranks it among the twenty most influential women's books of the past two decades.

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ISBN: 9780861043798

Publisher: Pluto Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 January 1987

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pluto Press

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 282g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

bell hooks is the author of numerous critically acclaimed and influential books on the politics of race, gender, class, and culture. She is the author of several other books, including Feminist Theory (Pluto Press 2000), Sisters of the Yam, Black Looks, Yearning, Talking Back, and Breaking Bread (with Cornel West). She is currently Professor of English at City College, City University of New York.

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