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.
| ISBN: | 9780415539159 |
| Publication date: | 23rd November 2012 |
| Author: | bell hooks |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 199 pages |
| Genres: |
Social discrimination and social justice Ethnic studies Cultural studies |
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.
Writing Beyond Race features in the following genres: Ethnic studies, Popular culture, Media studies, Social classes, Gender studies, gender groups, Teacher training, Sociology, Literary studies: general, Philosophy
Writing Beyond Race is available in Paperback, Ebook
Writing Beyond Race was written by bell hooks and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Writing Beyond Race has 199 pages
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