Audiobooks by Bell Hooks

Salvation: Black People and Love Audiobook

"By the New York Times bestselling author of All About Love and Communion "A manual for fixing our culture…In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process."-Black Issues Book Review Beloved visionary and cultural critic bell hooks continues her exploration of the meaning of love in contemporary American society, offering groundbreaking, critical insight about Black people and love. Written from both historical and cultural perspectives, Salvation takes an incisive look at the transformative power of love in the lives of African Americans. Whether talking about the legacy of slavery, relationships and marriage in Black life, the prose and poetry of Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou, the liberation movements of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, or hip hop and gangsta rap culture, hooks lets us know what love's got to do with it. hooks brilliantly offers new visions that will heal our nation's wounds from a culture of lovelessness. Her writings on love and its impact on race, class, family, history, and popular culture will help us heal and create joyful and resilient communities. - Part of the groundbreaking "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy that includes the New York Times bestsellers All About Love and Communion - Offers fresh, contemporary insights into the role of love in Black culture and Black people's lives. - A must read by one of our most acclaimed authors and cultural critics."

Bell Hooks (Author), January LaVoy (Narrator)

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Communion: The Female Search for Love

"A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by the author of All About Love! "When truth teller and careful writer bell hooks offers a book, I like to be standing at the bookshop when it opens." -Maya Angelou Intimate, revealing, provocative, Communion challenges every woman to courageously claim the search for love as the heroic journey we must all choose to be truly free. In her trademark commanding and lucid language, hooks explores the ways ideas about women and love were changed by the feminist movement, by women's full participation in the workforce, and by the culture of self-help, and reveals how women of all ages can bring love into every aspect of their lives, for all the years of their lives. Communion is the heart-to-heart talk every woman -- mother, daughter, friend, and lover -- needs to have. - Part of the groundbreaking "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy that includes All About Love and Salvation - A grounding and inspirational look at the role of love in our daily lives. - A must read for the modern woman by one of our most beloved authors and cultural critics."

Bell Hooks (Author), January LaVoy (Narrator)

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Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem

"From the late feminist icon and New York Times bestselling author of All About Love, an in-depth look at one of the most critical issues facing Black Americans: a collective wounded self-esteem that has prevailed from slavery to the present day, with a new introduction by Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick. Why do so many Black Americans—whether privileged or poor, urban or suburban, young or old—live in a state of chronic anxiety, fear, and shame? Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem breaks through collective denial and dares to imagine a more liberatory framework for understanding "self and identity in a world where loss is commonplace." With visionary insight, hooks exposes the underlying reality that it has been difficult—if not impossible—for our nation to create a culture that promotes and sustains healthy self-esteem. Without self-esteem people begin to lose their sense of agency. They feel powerless. But it is never too late for any of us to acquire the healthy self-esteem that is needed for a fulfilling life. While originally written in 2002, hooks' insights into the heart and soul of the Black American identity crisis continue to ring true. Through history, pop culture criticism, and hard-won wisdom, hooks writes about what it takes to heal the scars of the past, promote and maintain self-esteem, and lay down the roots for a truly grounded sense of community and collectivity. Moving beyond the ways historical racial justice movements have failed, hooks also identifies diverse psychological barriers and collective traumas keeping us from well-being. In highlighting the roles of desegregation, education, the absence of progressive parenting, spiritual crisis, or fundamental breakdowns in communication between Black women and men, bell hooks identifies mental health as a revolutionary frontier—and provides guidance for healing within the Black community."

Bell Hooks (Author), Janina Edwards (Narrator)

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When Angels Speak of Love

"Feminist icon bell hooks reminds us of the full spectrum of feeling we spend in love through her inspiring collection of love poetry, with a new introduction by Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies. Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell hooks, one our most beloved public intellectuals, and author of over twenty books, including the bestselling All About Love. Poem after poem, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the links between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death. "Love must clean house, choose memories to keep, and memories to let go," she writes. These verses are expansive yet accessible—encompassing romantic love, to love of family, friends, or oneself. In any iteration, these poems remind us of both the beauty and possibility of love."

Bell Hooks (Author), Cole Arthur Riley, Janina Edwards (Narrator)

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Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center: From Margin to Center

"When Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center was first published in 1984, it was welcomed and praised by feminist thinkers who wanted a new vision. Even so, individual audiences frequently found the theory unsettling or provocative. Today, the blueprint for feminist movement presented in this audiobook remains as provocative and relevant as ever. Written in hooks's characteristic direct style, Feminist Theory embodies the hope that feminists can find a common language to spread the word and create a mass, global feminist movement. This audio edition is deftly narrated by Bahni Turpin, a favorite amongst listeners. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont."

Bell Hooks (Author), Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

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All About Love: New Visions

"Read by Audiofile Golden Voice Narrator January LaVoy. A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love reveals what causes a polarized society, and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. Here is the truth about love, and inspiration to help us instill caring, compassion, and strength in our homes, schools, and workplaces. "The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Provocative and intensely personal, renowned scholar, cultural critic and feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society stricken with lovelessness-not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided, she declares, by society's failure to provide a model for learning to love. In this landmark book, bell hooks explores the question "What is love?" Her answers strike at both the mind and heart. Disputing that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, she provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive, and healing for individuals and for a nation. All About Love is a powerful, timely affirmation of just how profoundly love and community can change hearts and minds for the better."

Bell Hooks (Author), January LaVoy (Narrator)

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"»Frauen, die sich für die Liebe entscheiden, müssen klug, waghalsig und mutig sein.« Ein großartiges Plädoyer für die Macht der Liebe Liebe(n) geht uns alle an. Unsere Sehnsucht und Suche nach Liebe hören nie auf. Egal wie alt wir sind. Warum fällt es uns dennoch so schwer, den wahren Stellenwert der Liebe gesellschaftlich anzuerkennen? Weshalb verharren so viele Menschen in Beziehungen, die schon lange nicht mehr liebevoll sind? Wieso stoßen vor allem ältere Frauen mit ihrem Liebesbedürfnis an Grenzen? Wo kollidieren Geschlechterrollen mit Erwartungen? Was hat der Feminismus damit zu tun? Wie hat die feministische Bewegung unsere Vorstellung von Liebe beeinflusst und verändert? Und inwieweit stecken wir bei Liebesdingen alle in patriarchalen Denkmustern und Machtstrukturen fest? Mit souveräner Offenheit begegnet die renommierte Literaturwissenschaftlerin bell hooks diesen Fragen. Jenseits aller Dogmen und Schuldzuweisungen entwirft sie eine neue Kunst des Liebens; basierend auf Freiheit, Selbstliebe und echter Verbundenheit. »Meisterhaft. Für alle Frauen (und Männer), die sich Gedanken über die Liebe machen, ist dieses Buch ein Valentinstaggeschenk.« Los Angeles Times »Die Vision einer Welt, in der die Liebe zur Macht durch die Macht der Liebe ersetzt werden kann.« Time Out New York"

Bell Hooks (Author), Luise Georgi (Narrator)

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[German] - Selbstliebe – Über Herkunft und Gerechtigkeit (ungekürzt): Von der Autorin des New-York-Times-BESTSELLERS »Alles über Liebe« | Selbstbestimmung | Für Leserinnen und Leser von James Baldwin und Maya Angelou

"What's Love Got to Do with It? – Warum Liebe(n) eine gesellschaftliche Notwendigkeit ist »Dieses Buch, das sich mit der aktuellen Bedeutung der Liebe im Leben der Schwarzen befasst und eine Vorlage für das Überleben und die Selbstbestimmung der Schwarzen bieten soll, führt uns kühn zum Kern der Sache. Uns selbst mit Liebe zu begegnen, unser Schwarzsein zu lieben, ermöglicht uns allen, zur wahren Bedeutung von Freiheit, Hoffnung und einem Leben voller Möglichkeiten zurückzufinden.« In »Selbstliebe« entwickelt bell hooks das Fundament für eine Gemeinschaft, in der Schwarze sowie alle anderen dem Schwarzsein voller Liebe begegnen. Welche Rolle spielt die Liebe für den politischen Widerstand? Wie konnte der Diskurs über Liebe im Zuge der Befreiungsbewegungen deren Wert für eine selbstbestimmte Schwarze Identität torpedieren? Wie kann die Entscheidung, zu lieben, wieder als Akt der Befreiung erfahrbar werden? Und wie können wir unsere Kultur der Lieblosigkeit überwinden? Ob es um das Erbe der Sklaverei, die Bedeutung von Ehe und Beziehung oder um den großen Einfluss der Kunst, Medien und Politik geht, bell hooks eröffnet uns einen klaren Blick auf das Machtgefüge, das bestimmt, wie wir uns selbst und andere lieben. »Wenn eine so wahrheitsliebende und umsichtige Autorin wie bell hooks ein Buch veröffentlicht, möchte ich draußen vor der Tür der Buchhandlung stehen, wenn sie öffnet.« Maya Angelou, Autorin des Bestsellers »Ich weiß, warum der gefangene Vogel singt«"

Bell Hooks (Author), Luise Georgi (Narrator)

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Uncut Funk: A Contemplative Dialogue

"In an awesome meeting of minds, cultural theorists Stuart Hall and bell hooks met for a series of wide-ranging conversations on what Hall sums up as 'life, love, death, sex.' From the trivial to the profound, across boundaries of age, sexualities and genders, hooks and Hall dissect topics and themes of continual contemporary relevance, including feminism, home and homecoming, class, black masculinity, family, politics, relationships, and teaching. In their fluid and honest dialogue they push and pull each other as well as the listener, and the result is a book that speaks to the power of conversation as a place of critical pedagogy."

Bell Hooks, Stuart Hall (Author), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator)

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Belonging: A Culture of Place

"What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic Bell Hooks examines in Belonging: A Culture of Place. Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which Hooks moves from place to place, only to end where she began—her old Kentucky home. Hooks has written provocatively about race, gender, and class; and in this book she turns her attention to focus on issues of land and land ownership. Reflecting on the fact that 90% of all black people lived in the agrarian South before mass migration to northern cities in the early 1900s, she writes about black farmers, about black folks who have been committed both in the past and in the present to local food production, to being organic, and to finding solace in nature. It would be impossible to contemplate these issues without thinking about the politics of race and class. Reflecting on the racism that continues to find expression in the world of real estate, she writes about segregation in housing and economic racialized zoning. In these critical essays, hooks finds surprising connections that link of the environment and sustainability to the politics of race and class that reach far beyond Kentucky."

Bell Hooks (Author), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator)

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Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black 2nd Edition

"In childhood, Bell Hooks was taught that 'talking back' meant speaking as an equal to an authority figure and daring to disagree and/or have an opinion. In this collection of personal and theoretical essays, Hooks reflects on her signature issues of racism and feminism, politics and pedagogy. Among her discoveries is that moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side, a gesture of defiance that heals, making new life and new growth possible."

Bell Hooks (Author), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator)

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Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations

"According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore Bell Hooks's electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As Hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture can be a 'powerful site for intervention, challenge and change.' And intervene, challenge, and change is what hooks does best."

Bell Hooks (Author), Adenrele Ojo (Narrator)

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