Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice (Contradictions of Modernity)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816623775 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Continuation of Black Feminist Thought" according to Ashley Smith. Patricia Hill Collins builds off of her equally enlightening and well-written Black Feminist Thought to create fighting words. She proposes a "critical social theory" to combine both theory and action for black feminism, stressing that thought is useless without these actions. She analyzes the need for such a theory as well as the reasons for black feminism's unique ability to serve as that theory. Using sociology, postmodernism, and Af. Picked this up for a class, still a good read I won't lie, the only reason I bought this was because it was a requirement for a course I was taking. After reading it though, I have to say, it was a pretty enjoyable experience. It isn't bogged down with dense language like a lot of these works can be, and it made the learning experience a smooth one. Definitely pick this up if you have any interest in the subject matter.
Collins discusses the culture of silence in which African American women are seen but not heard, making them outsiders within their own race. From Library Journal In her first book, Black Feminist Thought (Routledge, 1990), Collins (sociology, Univ. She points to Mary McLeod Bethune, whose role in FDR's administration is often overlooked, and Angela Davis, who found that her Civil Rights work boiled down to her Afro hairdo. Bell-Russel, Natl. This is a difficult book but well worth the read. Collins discusses the need for African American women to avoid being segmented in
UP.. Original. A professor of sociology explores how black feminist thought confronts the injustices of poverty and white supremacy, and argues that those operating outside the mainstream emphasize sociological themes based on assumptions different than those commonly accepted