About bell hooks
American author, feminist, and cultural critic (1952–2021), born Gloria Jean Watkins; she wrote under the lowercased pen name 'bell hooks,' taken from her great-grandmother, to keep attention on ideas rather than personality. Across more than thirty books on race, gender, class, love, and education, she became one of the most widely read and teachable voices in American feminism.
Books by bell hooks
Ain't I a Woman
A founding text of Black feminist thought and an accessible entry into intersectional analysis. hooks argues that Black women have been failed by both a feminism that spoke mainly for white women and an anti-racist move…
Read about this book →Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
A foundational work of intersectional feminist theory, and the sharpest critique of mainstream feminism from within. hooks argues that the women's movement was defined by the experience of privileged white women — Betty…
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