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Bell hooks

    September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021

    Bell Hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, was an author, feminist, and social activist whose work explored the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender in producing and perpetuating systems of oppression. Through a postmodern female perspective, she addressed these themes across education, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism. Her prolific body of work, encompassing over thirty books and numerous articles, offers profound insights into structures of power and inequality.

    Bell hooks
    Talking Back
    The Will to Change
    Feminist Theory. From Margin to Center
    Happy to Be Nappy
    Ain't I a Woman
    Feminist Theory
    • 2023

      Bell Hooks: The Last Interview

      • 144 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      "Bell hooks was a prolific, trailblazing author, feminist, social activist, cultural critic, and professor. Born Gloria Jean Watkins, bell used her pen name to center attention on her ideas and to honor her courageous great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. hooks's unflinching dedication to her work carved deep grooves for the feminist and anti-racist movements. In this collection of 7 interviews, stretching from early in her career until her last interview, she discusses feminism, the complexity of rap music and masculinity, her relationship to Buddhism, the "politic of domination," sexuality, and love and the importance of communication across cultural borders. Whether she was sparking controversy on campuses or facing criticism from contemporaries, hooks relentlessly challenged herself and those around her, inserted herself into the tensions of the cultural moment, and anchored herself with love"-- Provided by publisher

      Bell Hooks: The Last Interview
    • 2022

      From legendary author and critic bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka comes a way to talk about race and identity that will appeal to parents of the youngest readers-in board book edition.

      Skin Again
    • 2017

      Uncut Funk

      A Contemplative Dialogue

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.2(55)Add rating

      In July 1996, cultural theorists bell hooks and Stuart Hall met for a series of wide-ranging conversations on what Hall sums up as "life, love, death, sex." From the trivial to the profound, across boundaries of sexualities and genders, hooks and Hall dissect topics and themes of continual contemporary relevance, including feminism, home and home-coming, class, black masculinity, family, politics, relationships, and teaching. In their fluid and honest dialogue they push and pull each other as well as the reader, and the result is a book that speaks to the power of conversation as a place of potential pedagogy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Paul Gilroy Preface by bell hooks Dialogue between bell hooks and Stuart Hall

      Uncut Funk
    • 2017

      Happy to be nappy! Happy with hair all short and strong. Happy with locks that twist and curl. Just all girl happy! Happy to be nappy hair! Legendary author bell hooks and Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka present a lyrical celebration, brimming with enthusiasm for girls and their hair. Nominated for an NAACP Image Award, this stunning picturebook is now available again in board book form. Praise for Happy to Be Nappy: Image Award nomination, 2001 -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People *"A powerful, uplifting and, above all, buoyantly fun read-aloud." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "[Happy to Be Nappy] has a free-wheeling joy that is admirably captured by illustrator Raschka." -Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books "The big daubs of background color seem to dance and spin with the figures, visual music to match the verbal." -Kirkus Reviews "[Chris Raschka's] illustrations bring out the spirit behind hooks's writing and have great child appeal." -School Library Journal "[S]tellar illustrations." -The Horn Book "[A]dults and small children will enjoy sharing the joyful words and the playful color wash pictures with thick black lines." -Booklist

      Happy to Be Nappy
    • 2014

      In "Black Looks," bell hooks critiques traditional narratives surrounding blackness and whiteness, focusing on how black identities are represented in various media. Her essays aim to challenge and disrupt conventional discussions about race and representation, making a significant impact since its 1992 release.

      Black Looks
    • 2011

      When Angels Speak of Love

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      3.5(12)Add rating

      Feminist icon bell hooks reminds us of the full spectrum of feeling we spend in love through her inspiring collection of love poetry, with a new introduction by Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies. Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death. “Love must clean house, choose memories to keep, and memories to let go,” she writes. These verses are expansive yet accessible—encompassing romantic love, to love of family, friends, or oneself. In any iteration, these poems remind us of both the beauty and possibility of love.

      When Angels Speak of Love
    • 2010

      Bilingual Dictionaries, Inc. is the publisher of the Word to Word® bilingual dictionaries series with over 30 languages that are 100% Word to Word®. The Word to Word® series provides ELL students with standardized bilingual dictionaries approved for state testing. Students with different backgrounds can now use dictionaries from the same series that are specifically designed to create an equal resource that strictly adheres to the guidelines set by districts and states.

      English-German & German-English Word-to-Word Dictionary
    • 2009

      In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today. In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks explores the confounding and sometimes controversial topics that teachers and students have urged her to address since the publication of the previous best-selling volumes in her Teaching series, Teaching to Transgress and Teaching Community. The issues are varied and broad, from whether meaningful teaching can take place in a large classroom setting to confronting issues of self-esteem. One professor, for example, asked how black female professors can maintain positive authority in a classroom without being seen through the lens of negative racist, sexist stereotypes. One teacher asked how to handle tears in the classroom, while another wanted to know how to use humor as a tool for learning. Addressing questions of race, gender, and class in this work, hooks discusses the complex balance that allows us to teach, value, and learn from works written by racist and sexist authors. Highlighting the importance of reading, she insists on the primacy of free speech, a democratic education of literacy. Throughout these essays, she celebrates the transformative power of critical thinking. This is provocative, powerful, and joyful intellectual work. It is a must read for anyone who is at all interested in education today.

      Teaching Critical Thinking
    • 2008

      Reel to Real

      • 312 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.2(53)Add rating

      A collection of essays on film. It is suitable for those who believe that movies are worth arguing about.

      Reel to Real
    • 2008

      Belonging

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading
      4.2(1185)Add rating

      What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? This book examines these questions. It discusses the connections that link the environment and sustainability to the politics of race and class.

      Belonging