Killing rage: ending racism
by Hooks, Bell
One of our country's premier cultural and social critics, bell hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. But whereas many women have been recognized for their writing on gender politics, the female voice has been all but locked out of the public discourse on race. Killing Rage speaks to this imbalance. These twenty-three essays are written from a black and feminist perspective, and they tackle the bitter difficulties of racism by envisionin…
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- Full title :Killing rage : ending racism / Bell Hooks.
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One of our country's premier cultural and social critics, bell hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. But whereas many women have been recognized for their writing on gender politics, the female voice has been all but locked out of the public discourse on race. Killing Rage speaks to this imbalance. These twenty-three essays are written from a black and feminist perspective, and they tackle the bitter difficulties of racism by envisioning a world without it.
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- Publication Date:1996.
- Edition:1st Holt Pbpk. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):H. Holt and Co
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1996.
The Physical Object
- Description:277 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0805050272, 9780805050271
- oclc:ocn772508368
- LC Classification:E185.615
- Dewey Decimal:305.89607 H764K 1996
Table of Contents
Introduction: Race talk -- Killing rage: militant resistance -- Beyond Black rage: ending racism -- Representations of Whiteness in the Black imagination -- Refusing to be a victim: accountability and responsibility -- Challenging sexism in Black life -- The integrity of Black womanhood -- Feminism: it's a Black thing -- Revolutionary feminism: an anti-racist agenda -- Teaching resistance: the racial politics of mass media -- Black beauty and Black power: internalized racism -- Healing our wounds: liberatory mental health care -- Loving blackness as political resistance -- Black on Black pain: class cruelty -- Marketing Blackness: class and commodification -- Overcoming White Supremacy: a comment -- Beyond Black only: bonding beyond race -- Keeping a legacy of shared struggle -- Where is the love: political bonding between Black and White women -- Black intellectuals: choosing sides -- Black identity: liberating subjectivity -- Moving from pain to power: Black self-determination -- Beloved community: a world without racism.
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