She began her academic career in 1976 teaching English and ethnic studies at the University of Southern California. Her work addressed love, race, class, gender, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism. She published numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures. She published around 40 books, including works that ranged from essays, poetry, and children's books. 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 is best known for her writings on race, feminism, and class. Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), 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. We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity (2004).Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984).Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism (1981).!!! You don't have to have read the book to join the conversation.Īs part of ‘ We Love You’, a multidisciplinary programme on love beyond the romantic and the self - sep oct nov dec 2019. She’s a feminist, anti-racist and LGBTQIA+ activist. Join the conversation and share your ideas!Īïda Yancy is a historian specialising in issues of race, gender an social inequities. Her books include, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, Where We Stand: Class Matters, and We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity. Her writings cover topics of gender, race, class, spirituality, teaching, and the significance of media in contemporary culture. hooks has published works that span several genres, including cultural criticism, personal memoirs, poetry collections, and children's books. Bell hooks is a feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist, and writer.
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