Ain'T I A Woman: Black Women And Feminism
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark intervention in the discourse of race and gender, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism is a searing, intellectually rigorous work that confronts the systematic erasure of Black women from both the feminist movement and the broader struggle for civil rights. Drawing its title from Sojourner Truth's iconic 1851 speech, bell hooks chronicles the historical devaluation of Black womanhood — from the brutal conditions of slavery through to the institutionalised sexism within Black liberation movements and the pervasive racism within mainstream white feminism — arguing with unflinching clarity that these forces are not separate but deeply, inseparably intertwined. hooks writes with a passionate precision that dismantles comfortable assumptions, presenting an intersectional framework — before the term became widely adopted — that insists race, gender, and class must be examined as a unified, lived experience rather than competing priorities. First published in 1981, this debut work announced hooks as one of the most vital and uncompromising cultural critics of her generation, and its influence has only grown in the decades since. For anyone who has ever questioned why mainstream feminism so often speaks past the very women it claims to champion, this essential text offers not just an answer, but a challenge.
Author: Bell Hooks
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, South End Press
Genre: Gender studies
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark intervention in the discourse of race and gender, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism is a searing, intellectually rigorous work that confronts the systematic erasure of Black women from both the feminist movement and the broader struggle for civil rights. Drawing its title from Sojourner Truth's iconic 1851 speech, bell hooks chronicles the historical devaluation of Black womanhood — from the brutal conditions of slavery through to the institutionalised sexism within Black liberation movements and the pervasive racism within mainstream white feminism — arguing with unflinching clarity that these forces are not separate but deeply, inseparably intertwined. hooks writes with a passionate precision that dismantles comfortable assumptions, presenting an intersectional framework — before the term became widely adopted — that insists race, gender, and class must be examined as a unified, lived experience rather than competing priorities. First published in 1981, this debut work announced hooks as one of the most vital and uncompromising cultural critics of her generation, and its influence has only grown in the decades since. For anyone who has ever questioned why mainstream feminism so often speaks past the very women it claims to champion, this essential text offers not just an answer, but a challenge.