Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Hardcover)

from raschneid

Bell hooks, writing in the mid-eighties, discusses how second-wave feminism could reclaim its focus on social justice and become relevant to everyone. Picked this up at a library book sale and loved it. Hooks' prose style is crisp and direct and quietly passionate, occupying the space where popul...

from neverlistless

I read this book for my Implications of Racism course and wrote a big paper on it, but I'll spare you readers all of the minute details. In a nutshell, this was a fascinating look at the intersection of race, class and gender and a critique of the 1960s feminist movement. hooks argued that the 19...

from beau.p.laurence

seminal work in feminist theory. a good primer.

from brleach

Although this book presented a critical challenge to feminist orthodoxy at the time it was published, it has ironically become the contemporary feminist party line. There are some aspects of this book I find praiseworthy and other elements I find problematic, but regardless of which arguments fal...

from raschneid

Bell hooks, writing in the mid-eighties, discusses how second-wave feminism could reclaim its focus on social justice and become relevant to everyone. Picked this up at a library book sale and loved it. Hooks' prose style is crisp and direct and quietly passionate, occupying the space where popul...