Bell hooks
American author, feminist, and social activist
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- Bachelors English Stanford University
- PhD English University of California, Santa Cruz
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gloria Jean Watkins , better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author, theorist, educator, and social critic who was a Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. She is best known for her writings on race, feminism, and class. The focus of hooks' writing was to explore the intersectionality of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she described as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. She published around 40 books, including works that ranged from essays, poetry, and children's books. She published numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures. Her work addressed love, race, class, gender, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism.
Bell hooks's Published Works
Published Works
- Teaching to transgress : education as the practice of freedom (1994) (4362)
- Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics (1990) (2317)
- Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984) (2059)
- Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (1999) (1953)
- Black Looks: Race and Representation (1992) (1544)
- Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (2003) (1116)
- Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black (1989) (856)
- Teaching to transgress (1994) (827)
- Feminism Is for Everybody : Passionate Politics (2014) (703)
- killing rage: Ending Racism (1995) (613)
- We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity (2004) (612)
- Displacing Whiteness: Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism (1997) (513)
- Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations (1994) (493)
- Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom (2009) (445)
- Where We Stand: Class Matters (2000) (433)
- Out There : Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures (1990) (413)
- All About Love: New Visions (2000) (377)
- Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery (1993) (319)
- The will to change : men, masculinity, and love (2004) (295)
- Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination (1997) (273)
- Reel to real : race, sex, and class at the movies (1999) (266)
- Belonging: A Culture of Place (2008) (260)
- Ain't I a Woman? (1981) (214)
- Sisterhood: Political Solidarity between Women (1986) (206)
- Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life (1999) (198)
- the oppositional gaze black female spectators (2014) (188)
- eating the other desire and resistance (2014) (183)
- Decoding Visual Politics@@@Art on My Mind: Visual Politics@@@English Is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas (1996) (156)
- Art on My Mind: Visual Politics (1996) (146)
- Theory as Liberatory Practice (1991) (137)
- Postmodern Blackness (1990) (120)
- Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem (2002) (109)
- Salvation: Black People and Love (2001) (106)
- Postmodern Subjects, Postmodern Bodies (1992) (99)
- Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice (2012) (97)
- BELL HOOKS SPEAKING ABOUT PAULO FREIRE—THE MAN, HIS WORK (1993) (92)
- Mulheres negras: moldando a teoria feminista (2015) (85)
- from Bone Black: memories of girlhood (1997) (80)
- Feminism Is for Everybody (2019) (77)
- homeplace a site of resistance (2014) (75)
- Art on my mind : visual politics (1998) (71)
- remembered rapture: the writer at work (1999) (59)
- Communion: The Female Search for Love (2002) (54)
- feminism a movement to end sexist oppression (2014) (50)
- Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism (2006) (50)
- Let's get it on : the politics of black performance (1995) (49)
- Inside the Visible : An Elliptical Traverse of 20th Century Art in, of, and from the Feminine (1996) (48)
- Critical Fictions : The Politics of Imaginative Writing (1991) (47)
- Choosing the margin as a space of radical openness (2014) (44)
- Confronting Class in the Classroom (2014) (43)
- Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life (1997) (42)
- Eros, eroticism and the pedagogical process (1993) (36)
- Reel to real : race, class and sex at the movies (2009) (34)
- Black Popular Culture : A Project by Michele Wallace (1992) (34)
- The Masculine Masquerade : Masculinity and Representation (1995) (29)
- An Aesthetic of Blackness: Strange and Oppositional (1995) (29)
- Essentialism and Experience (1991) (28)
- Art On My Mind (1995) (28)
- representations of whiteness in the black imagination (2014) (27)
- selling hot pussy representations of black female sexuality in the cultural marketplace (2014) (26)
- Sisterhood: Beyond Public and Private (1996) (25)
- men comrades in struggle (1995) (23)
- Love as the Practice of Freedom (2015) (22)
- Dig Deep:: Beyond Lean In (2015) (22)
- Writing Beyond Race (2012) (21)
- Linguagem: ensinar novas paisagens/novas linguagens (2008) (20)
- feminism a transformational politic (2014) (20)
- keeping close to home class and education (2014) (16)
- homophobia in black communities (2014) (15)
- States of Desire (1991) (15)
- Transformative Pedagogy and Multiculturalism (2013) (13)
- A Revolution of Values The Promise of Multicultural Change (1993) (13)
- The Beloved Community: A Conversation between bell hooks and George Brosi (2012) (10)
- racism and feminism the issue of accountability (2014) (10)
- Escolarizando homens negros (2015) (9)
- The Interrupted Life (1991) (9)
- From Black is a Woman's Color (1989) (9)
- Remembered Rapture: Dancing with Words. (2000) (8)
- Black Women and Feminism: Two Reviews (1983) (8)
- toward a revolutionary feminist pedagogy (2014) (8)
- Micheaux: Celebrating Blackness (2018) (8)
- violence in intimate relationships a feminist perspective (2014) (8)
- “when i was a young soldier for the revolution” coming to voice (2014) (8)
- Feminism:: Crying for Our Souls (1995) (7)
- feminism and militarism a comment (2014) (7)
- Seduced by Violence No More (2012) (7)
- loving blackness as political resistance (2014) (6)
- The Crisis of African American Gender Relations (1995) (6)
- Male Heroes and Female Sex Objects (1997) (6)
- reflections on race and sex (2014) (6)
- overcoming white supremacy a comment (2014) (5)
- Altars of Sacrifice: Re-membering Basquiat (2015) (5)
- Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (2012) (5)
- reconstructing black masculinity (2014) (5)
- Uncut Funk: A Contemplative Dialogue (2017) (4)
- Writing Without Labels (2016) (4)
- House, 20 June 1994 (1994) (4)
- White Poverty The Politics of Invisibility (2012) (3)
- Feminism and Black Women's Studies. (1989) (3)
- Visionary Politics? Feminist Interventions in the Culture of Images (2000) (3)
- Sorrowful black death is not a hot ticket (1994) (3)
- Dreams of conquest (1995) (3)
- Homeplace: (2021) (2)
- sexism and the black female slave experience (2014) (2)
- A Conversation with Laverne Cox (2016) (2)
- Feminist Scholarship Black Scholars (2014) (2)
- Embracing Change Teaching in a Multicultural World (2014) (2)
- changing perspectives on power (2014) (2)
- From Scepticism to Feminism (1990) (2)
- Free Spirits: A Legacy of Wildness (2008) (2)
- feminist movement to end violence (2014) (1)
- Building a Teaching Community A Dialogue (2014) (1)
- Revolutionary Black Women: Making Ourselves Subject* (2014) (1)
- The Importance of Self-Esteem for African Americans (2003) (1)
- the imperialism of patriarchy (2014) (1)
- Heart to Heart: Teaching with Love: bell hooks (2012) (1)
- feminist politicization a comment (2014) (1)
- introduction to Cornel West (2016) (1)
- Feminist Class Struggle (2014) (1)
- INTRODUCTION: MAKING MOVIE MAGIC (2012) (1)
- Art for Whose Sake (1995) (1)
- “WHOSE PUSSY IS THIS?” A FEMINIST COMMENT (2012) (1)
- feminist revolution development through struggle (2014) (1)
- A Feminist Sexual Politic: An Ethics of Mutual Freedom (2014) (1)
- Dialogue between bell hooks and Stuart Hall (2017) (1)
- feminist theory a radical agenda (2014) (1)
- educating women a feminist agenda (2014) (1)
- The Racism of Postmodernism (1991) (1)
- Feminist Education for Critical Consciousness (2014) (1)
- Wheel of Life (2016) (1)
- continued devaluation of black womanhood (2014) (1)
- dialogue between bell hooks and Cornel West (2016) (1)
- feminist scholarship ethical issues (2014) (1)
- The Feminazi Mystique@@@Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir. (1997) (1)
- on self-recovery (2014) (1)
- The Price of Success (2003) (1)
- rethinking the nature of work (2014) (1)
- black and female reflections on graduate school (2014) (1)
- Woman Changing Buddhism: Feminist Perspectives (2007) (1)
- pedagogy and political commitment a comment (2014) (1)
- ending female sexual oppression (2014) (1)
- Vamos Falar a Verdade sobre o Feminismo (Depoimentos a revista Ms) (1994) (1)
- Appalachian Elegy: poem # 5 (2012) (0)
- Women at Work (2014) (0)
- Moving Past Blame: Embracing Diversity (2012) (0)
- the politics of radical black subjectivity (2014) (0)
- Bonding Across Boundaries (2012) (0)
- Feminism and Class Power (2012) (0)
- Teach 13 Spirituality in Education (2013) (0)
- The chasm between admin and nursing. (1983) (0)
- Critical integration, talking race, resisting rascism (1989) (0)
- Teaching 21 Self-Esteem (2013) (0)
- MOCK FEMINISM: WAITING TO EXHALE (2012) (0)
- Teaching 10 Sharing the Story (2013) (0)
- Teach 3 Talking Race and Racism (2013) (0)
- LGBT Pride Month (2010) (0)
- Teaching 31 Teaching as Prophetic Vocation (2013) (0)
- 2.5 'THE OPPOSITIONAL GAZE: BLACK FEMALE SPECTATORS' (2003) (0)
- Solidarity: Women and Race Relations (2012) (0)
- Teach 8 Moving beyond Shame (2013) (0)
- feminist focus on men a comment (2014) (0)
- Teach 6 Standards (2013) (0)
- Teaching 23 Intellectual Life (2013) (0)
- Cornel West interviewed by bell hooks (2016) (0)
- Clarity: Give Love Words/Bell Hooks. All about Love, 2000. The Women’s Press, Londres. pp. 3-14: Traducción (2012) (0)
- Teaching 5 Integrity (2013) (0)
- Teach 9 Keepers of Hope: Teaching in Communities (2013) (0)
- To Love Again: The Heart of Feminism (2014) (0)
- Sister Ray Seeks Salvation (2016) (0)
- saving black folk culture zora neale hurston as anthropologist and writer (2014) (0)
- Good Girl, Bad Girl (1998) (0)
- Holding My Sister’s Hand Feminist Solidarity (2014) (0)
- The Centrality of Marginality (1985) (0)
- Appalachian Elegy: An Introduction and poem #1 (2012) (0)
- Racism: Naming What Hurts (2012) (0)
- Howardena Pindell: Paintings and Drawings 1972-1992 (1996) (0)
- Liberating Marriage and Partnership (2014) (0)
- A Woman's Mourning Song (1993) (0)
- Race and Gender (2014) (0)
- Teaching 18 Learning Past the Hate (2013) (0)
- 2: Living Engagement (2007) (0)
- Revolutionary Parenting (2021) (0)
- Moved by Mountains (2009) (0)
- the dilemma of the black intellectual by Cornel West (2016) (0)
- Introduction Teaching to Transgress (2014) (0)
- On Being a Kentucky Writer (2009) (0)
- Appalachian Elegy: Poem # 7 (2013) (0)
- Teaching 3 Engaged Pedagogy (2013) (0)
- Teaching 14 Crying Time (2013) (0)
- Teaching 15 Confl ict (2013) (0)
- A Black Intellectual at War With the Establishment (1996) (0)
- Piecing It All Together (2009) (0)
- Sacred encounters : East and West (2000) (0)
- Feminist Thinking In the Classroom Right Now (2005) (0)
- Teaching 4 Decolonization (2013) (0)
- Teaching 7 Collaboration (written with Ron Scapp) (2013) (0)
- Critical history of black women (2018) (0)
- black men and women partnership in the 1990s (2016) (0)
- black women and feminism (2014) (0)
- black women intellectuals by bell hooks (2016) (0)
- Our Bodies, Ourselves: Reproductive Rights (2014) (0)
- Teach 15 Spiritual Matters in the Classroom (2013) (0)
- Appalachian Elegy, poem #3 (2012) (0)
- The Political Is the Personal (1993) (0)
- Teach 12 Good Sex: Passionate Pedagogy (2013) (0)
- Teaching 19 Honoring Teachers (2013) (0)
- 20. the woman's mourning song: a poetics of lamentation (2018) (0)
- growing away from addiction (2014) (0)
- A Place Where the Soul Can Rest (2009) (0)
- Black Self-Determination (2012) (0)
- Beauty Within and Without (2014) (0)
- bell hooks interviewed by Cornel West (2016) (0)
- Spike Lee Doing Malcolm X: Denying black pain (2015) (0)
- Teach 1 The Will to Learn: The World as Classroom (2013) (0)
- introduction some opening remarks (2014) (0)
- Reclamation and Reconciliation (2018) (0)
- Teach 16 Practical Wisdom (2013) (0)
- ain’t i a woman looking back (2014) (0)
- Fleshing It Out: The Tyranny of the A-Line Skirt (2010) (0)
- Teaching 28 Feminist Change (2013) (0)
- Homeplace: A Site of Resistance (2020) (0)
- Appalachian Elegy: poem # 7 (2012) (0)
- Are staff the casualty in the casualty ward? (1983) (0)
- Talking Trash: A Dialogue About Crash (2012) (0)
- Teach 10 Progressive Learning: A Family Value (2013) (0)
- Class Dismissed: The Issue Is Accountability (2013) (0)
- Clarity: Give love words (2012) (0)
- it’s a dick thing (2004) (0)
- Reclaiming Place: Making Home (2018) (0)
- Writing for Reconciliation: A Musing (2007) (0)
- JAC Audio Interview: bell hooks (1994) (0)
- introduction to bell hooks (2016) (0)
- Teaching 24 Writing Books for Children (2013) (0)
- Sisterhood is Still Powerful (2014) (0)
- Teaching 1 Critical Thinking (2013) (0)
- Feminist Thinking in the Classroom Right Now * (2020) (0)
- Teaching 29 Moving Past Race and Gender (2013) (0)
- The Practice of Love (2012) (0)
- Teaching 30 Talking Sex (2013) (0)
- T hE p hilOSOphiCal h EriTaGE OF BEll hOOKS ’ r adiCal F EmiNiSm aNd C ulTural C riTiCiSm (2020) (0)
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