Where We Stand: Class Matters

Bell Hooks

ISBN 10: 041592913X / ISBN 13: 9780415929134

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000

About this Item

Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264. . 2000. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780415929134

Bibliographic Details

Title: Where We Stand: Class Matters

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis:

Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them.

Review:

This incisive examination of class is rooted in cultural critic hooks personal experience, political commitment, and social theory, which links gender, race, and class. Starting with her working-class childhood, the author illustrates how everyday interactions reproduce class hierarchy while simultaneously denying its existence. Because she sustains an unflinching gaze on both her own personal motivations and on persistent social structures, hooks provides a valuable framework for discussing such difficult and unexplored areas as greed, the quest to live simply, the ruling-class co-optation of youth through popular culture, and real estate speculation as an instrument of racism.