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Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

Patricia Hill Collins

In Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of black feminist intellectuals and writers. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of a range of prominent thinkers and draws from fiction, poetry, music and oral history, to provide a superbly crafted and revolutionary book that gave the first synthetic overview of black feminist thought and its canon.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2008
  • Pages: 366
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.30in - 1.10in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9780415964722
  • Recommended age: 18-18
  • Categories: Feminism & Feminist TheoryCultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & BlSociology - General

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.

Praise for this book

"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 ofBooks