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Publisher
Perennial
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and cultural critic bell hooks continues her exploration of the meaning of love in contemporary American society, offering groundbreaking, critical insight about Black people and love.
Written from both historical and cultural perspectives, Salvation takes an incisive look at the transformative power of love in the lives of African Americans. Whether talking about the legacy of slavery, relationships...
Author
Publisher
South End Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogate old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness. Her focus is on spectatorship - in particular, the way blackness and black people are experienced in literature, music, television, and especially film - and her aim is to create a radical intervention into the way we talk about race and representation. As she describes: "the...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African American cultures can ignore Bell Hooks's electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As Hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture can be a "powerful site for intervention, challenge and change." And intervene, challenge, and change is...
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