Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice

Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice

By Bell Hooks

What are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides. By "writing beyond race," noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of domination. In the spirit of previous classics like Outlaw Culture and Reel to Real , this new collection of compelling essays interrogates contemporary cultural notions of race, gender, and class.

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Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 10/25/2012
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415539159
ISBN-10: 0415539153
Language: English

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What are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides? By "writing beyond race," noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of domination.

In the spirit of previous classics like Outlaw Culture and Reel to Real, this new collection of compelling essays interrogates contemporary cultural notions of race, gender, and class. From the films Precious and Crash to recent biographies of Malcolm X and Henrietta Lacks, hooks offers provocative insights into the way race is being talked about in this "post-racial" era.

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A cultural critic, an intellectual, and a feminist writer, bell hooks is best known for classic books including Feminist Theory , Bone Black , All About Love , Rock My Soul , Belonging , We Real Cool , Where We Stand , Teaching to Transgress , Teaching Community , Outlaw Culture , and Reel to Real.

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