Black Feminist Thought

Description

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990, Patricia Hill Collins set out to explore the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals and writers, both within the academy and without. Here Collins provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. Drawing from fiction, poetry, music and oral history, the result is a book that provided the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought and its canon.

First Sentence

In 1831 Maria W. Stewart asked, "How long shall the fair daughters of Africa be compelled to bury their minds and talents beneath a load of iron pots and kettles?"

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Other Editions

• Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Revised 10th Anniv 2nd Edition)Routledge2000-02-01
• Black Feminist ThoughtUnwin Hyman1990-01-01
• Black Feminist ThoughtUnwin Hyman1990-09-01
• Black feminist thoughtHarperCollins1991-01-01
• Black feminist thoughtRoutledge1991-01-01
• Black Feminist ThoughtTaylor & Francis Group1999-01-01