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Ain't I a woman : Black women and feminism / by Bell Hooks.

Author/creator hooks, bell, 1952-2021
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBoston, MA : South End Press, ©1981.
Description205 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Sexism and the Black female slave experience. -- Continued devaluation of Black womanhood. -- The imperialism of patriarchy. -- Racism and feminism: the issue of accountability. -- Black women and feminism.
Abstract An examination of the politics of racism and sexism from a feminist perspective, looking at the impact of sexism on African-American women during slavery, the devaluation of African-American womanhood, African-American male sexism, racism within the modern feminist movement, and the African-American woman's involvement in feminism and its experience and relationship to society.
Local noteLittle-286927--3051300485994
Local noteLittle-286927--3051300485994
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 197-202.
LCCN 81051392
ISBN0896081281 (pbk.) :
ISBN0896081303 (hard)

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Joyner General Stacks E185.86 .H73 1981 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner General Stacks E185.86 .H73 1981 ✔ Available Place Hold