Black feminist thought : knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment / Patricia Hill Collins.
A revision of a hugely successful book; this is the 'bible' of contemporary black feminist thought and is widely cited and taught as a seminal text. Completely up-to-date with recent events, trends in popular culture, current events, and politics.
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2000.
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| Edition: | Revised tenth anniversary edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. The social construction of black feminist thought. The politics of black feminist thought
- Distinguishing features of black feminist thought
- pt. 2. Core themes in black feminist thought
- Work, family, and black women's oppression
- Mammies, matriarchs, and other controlling images
- The power of self-definition
- The sexual politics of black womanhood
- Black women's love relationships
- Black women and motherhood
- Rethinking black women's activism
- pt. 3. Black feminism, knowledge, and power
- U.S. black feminism in transnational context
- Black feminist epistemology
- Toward a politics of empowerment.