Patricia Hill Collins

Gebundenes Buch

Black Feminist Thought

Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

Beschreibung

In Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of black feminist intellectuals and writers. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of a range of prominent thinkers and draws from fiction, poetry, music and oral history, to provide a superbly crafted and revolutionary book that gave the first synthetic overview of black feminist thought and its canon.

Autor

Patricia Hill Collins (1948-) is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Black Feminist Thought is the best known of the many published works that have made her one of the leading American thinkers of our day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138127241
• ISBN-10: 1138127248
• Artikelnr.: 44118565

Rezensionen

"With the publication of Black Feminist Thought, black feminism has moved to a new level. Her work sets a standard for the discussion of black women's lives, experiences, and thought that demands rigorous attention to the complexity of these experiences and an exploration of a multiplicity of responses." -- Women's Review of Books
"A superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic review of black feminst thought." -- Feminist Bookstore News
"The book argues convincingly that black feminists be given, in the words immortalized by Aretha Franklin, a little more R-E-S-P-E-C-T...Those with an appetite for scholarese will find Hill's book delicious." -- Black Enterprise
"The author discusses how knowledge can foster African-American women's empowerment. In line with her own deepened understanding of the issues since the first edition, she emphasizes Black feminist thought's purpose in fostering both empowerment and conditions of social justice, provides a more complex analysis of oppression, and places greater stress on the connections between knowledge and power relations. New themes include the nation as a form of oppression, as well as a transnational, global dimension. Topics are organized under the headings of the social construction of Black feminist thought, core themes, and Black Feminism, knowledge, and power." -- Book News, Inc.