Is there too much gender in politics, too much stereotyping of female and male? Or is there too little gender, too little attention to differences between women and men? Should feminists be challenging male dominance by opening up politics to women? Or is 'women' a fictitious en…
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Is there too much gender in politics, too much stereotyping of female and male? Or is there too little gender, too little attention to differences between women and men? Should feminists be challenging male dominance by opening up politics to women? Or is 'women' a fictitious en…
"Mama," writes Brenda Richardson, "you taught me how a black woman could survive and prevail in this world . . . but because you never learned yourself, you couldn't teach me how to make love work. . . . I don't mean any disrespect, Mama, but . . . now I have children of my own.…
"In this ... carefully argued work, hooks maintains that mainstream feminism's reliance on white, middle-class, and professional spokeswomen obscures the involvement, leadership, and centrality of women of colour and poor women in the movement for women's liberation. Hooks argue…
In this text, bell hooks argues that the contemporary feminist movement must establish a new direction for the future. She feels that the foundation of the women's movement has not fully accounted for the complexity & diversity of female experience.
"When Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center was first published in 1984, it was welcomed and praised by feminist thinkers who wanted a new vision. Even so, individual readers frequently found the theory "unsetting" or "provocative." Today, the blueprint for feminist movement pr…
"Written in hooks's characteristic direct style, Feminist theory embodies the hope that feminists can find a common language to spred the word and create a mass, global feminist movement."--Back cover.
