Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment (Perspectives on Gender) - Softcover

Hill Collins, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0044451385 ISBN 13: 9780044451389

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

This is a synthetic theoretical treatment of the contributions of African-American women to feminist thought. The author argues that black African-American women have a special perspective - what she lables the "outsider within" - on feminist issues that has produced black feminist thought. The book examines the historical and social contributions that have produced this perspective, and then looks at the contributions of black feminist thought to various feminist issues. The book contains quotes from a range of African-American women thinkers, some well-known, others rarely heard from. The book is aims to be intellectually rigorous, well-researched, and accessible to the general reader.

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Review:

"With the publication of Black Feminist Thought, black feminism has moved to a new level. Her work sets a standard for the discussion of black women's lives, experiences, and thought that demands rigorous attention to the complexity of these experiences and an exploration of a multiplicity of responses." -- Women's Review of Books

About the Author:

Patricia Hill Collins (1948-) is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Black Feminist Thought is the best known of the many published works that have made her one of the leading American thinkers of our day.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0044451385
• ISBN 13: 9780044451389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288