Hooks, Bell

Killing rage : ending racism by Bell Hooks( Book )
9 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 1,800 libraries worldwide
Twenty-three essays written from a black and feminist perspective ; they consider the bitter difficulities of racism by envisioning a world without it.

Ain't I a woman : Black women and feminism by Bell Hooks( Book )
31 editions published between 1981 and 2006 in English and held by 1,766 libraries worldwide
An examination of the politics of racism and sexism from a feminist perspective, looking at the impact of sexism on African-American women during slavery, the devaluation of African-American womanhood, African-American male sexism, racism within the modern feminist movement, and the African-American woman's involvement in feminism and its experience and relationship to society.

Where we stand : class matters by Bell Hooks( Book )
14 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 1,703 libraries worldwide
Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan coop boards, bell hooks provides a successful black woman's reflection, personal, straightforward, and rigorously honest on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them."--P. [4] of cover.

Feminist theory from margin to center by Bell Hooks( Book )
22 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in English and Chinese and held by 1,540 libraries worldwide
The book that established hooks as one of international feminism's most challenging and influential voices has been updated with a new Preface by the author reflecting on the book's impact and development of her ideas since it was first published. Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center established bell hooks as one of international feminism's most challenging and influential voices. Now, South End Press makes this invaluable work available in an attractive edition with a new preface by hooks, reflecting on the book's impact and the development of her ideas since it was first published. In this beautifully written and carefully argued work, hooks maintains that mainstream feminism's reliance on white, middle-class, and professional spokeswomen obscures the involvement, leadership, and centrality of women of color and poor women in the movement for women's liberation. Feminism's goal of seeking credibility and acceptance on already existing ground -- rather than demanding the lasting and more fundamental transformation of society -- has shortchanged the movement, hooks argues.

Black looks : race and representation by Bell Hooks( Book )
11 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,540 libraries worldwide
In these twelve new essays, [the author] digs ever deeper into the personal and political consequences of contemporary representations of black women and men within our white supremacist culture. Taking on popular music, advertising, literature, television, historical narrative, and, most importantly, film, [she] demonstrates the incisive intelligence and passion for justice that prompted Publishers Weekly to dub her "one of the foremost black intellectuals in America today." -Back cover.

Teaching to transgress : education as the practice of freedom by Bell Hooks( Book )
9 editions published between 1994 and 2005 in English and held by 1,507 libraries worldwide
In this book, the author shares her philosophy of the classroom, offering ideas about teaching that fundamentally rethink democratic participation. She writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. She advocates the process of teaching students to think critically and raises many concerns central to the field of critical pedagogy, linking them to feminist thought. In the process, these essays face squarely the problems of teachers who do not want to teach, of students who do not want to learn, of racism and sexism in the classroom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for the author, the teacher's most important goal. -- From back cover

Bone Black : memories of girlhood by Bell Hooks( Book )
13 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in English and held by 1,464 libraries worldwide
Stitching together girlhood memories with the finest threads of innocence, the author presents a powerfully intimate account of growing up in the South.

We real cool : Black men and masculinity by Bell Hooks( Book )
14 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 1,304 libraries worldwide
Discusses what black males fear most, their longing for intimacy, the pitfalls of patriarchy, and the destruction of oppression through redemption and love.

Outlaw culture : resisting representations by Bell Hooks( Book )
15 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,214 libraries worldwide

Talking back : thinking feminist, thinking black by Bell Hooks( Book )
16 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,207 libraries worldwide