Black Feminist Thought : Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment.

Author
Hill Collins, Patricia [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/​Created
London : Routledge, 2000.
Description
1 online resource (353 pages)

Availability

Available Online

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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
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.
ISBN
  • 9780203900055 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0203900057 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
437080448
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