Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of EmpowermentIn the tenth anniversary edition of this award-winning work, Patricia Hill Collins expands the basic arguments of the original edition by adding several important new themes. A new discussion of heterosexism as a system of power, an expanded treatment of images of Black womanhood, U.S. Black feminism's connections to Black Diasporic feminism, and more attention to the importance of social class and nationalism all appear in the new edition. In addition, the new edition includes recent developments in black cultural studies, especially black popular culture, as well as recent events and trends such as the Anita Hill hearings and the backlash against affirmative action. |
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