bell hooks
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born
September 25, 1952
gender
female
place of birth
The United States
genre
Nonfiction
about this author
Bell Hooks (or 'bell hooks'; born Gloria Jean Watkins), is an African-American author, feminist, and social activist. Her writing has focused on the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender and their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and domination. She has published over thirty books and numerous scholarly and mainstream articles, appeared in several documentary films and participated in various public lectures. Primarily through a postmodern female perspective, she has addressed race, class, and gender in education, art, history, sexuality, mass media and feminism.
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Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks avg rating 4.27 — 777 ratings — published 1994 2 editions |
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All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks avg rating 4.05 — 801 ratings — published 2000 4 editions |
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks avg rating 4.14 — 757 ratings — published 2000 4 editions |
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks avg rating 4.22 — 522 ratings — published 1998 5 editions |
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Feminist Theory from Margin to Center by bell hooks avg rating 4.25 — 456 ratings — published 1984 6 editions |
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killing rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks avg rating 4.20 — 426 ratings — published 1995 3 editions |
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Where We Stand by bell hooks avg rating 4.01 — 361 ratings — published 2000 3 editions |
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Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by bell hooks avg rating 4.03 — 358 ratings — published 1996 3 editions |
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Communion: The Female Search for Love by bell hooks avg rating 4.08 — 293 ratings — published 2002 3 editions |
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Black Looks: Race and Representation by bell hooks avg rating 4.24 — 266 ratings — published 1992 4 editions |
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"When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us."
— bell hooks
— bell hooks
"For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?"
— bell hooks
— bell hooks
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