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"This exciting
book reveals [hooks] . . . to be a lucid,
persuasive writer and an extraordinarily
penetrating and original thinker. Her wide-ranging
analysis of sexist and racist oppression of black
women in America . . . leaves no group
uncriticized, no assumption unchallenged, no
doctrine unsavaged, no sacred cow ignored. . . .
Her book should be widely read, thoughtfully
considered, discussed, and finally acclaimed for
the real enlightenment it offers for social
change."
Library
Journal
In Ain't I a
Woman, bell hooks examines the impact of sexism
on black women during slavery, the historic
devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism,
racism within the recent women's movement, and
black women's involvement with feminism. A classic
in feminism and black studies, this book is newly
available in Canada through Between the
Lines.
bell hooks
is the author of many books on feminism, black
women's experience, relationships, and political
change. She lives in New York City and has taught
at Yale and Oberlin College.
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