Black feminist thought : knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment / Patricia Hill Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill Collins, Patricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

African American women.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxix, 392, xliv pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

30th anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

In the first major update to this classic book in many years, Collins traces the history and contours of Black women's ideas and actions to argue that Black feminist thought is the discourse that fosters Black women's survival, persistence, and success against the odds. Through meticulous research that synthesizes the important intellectual work done by Black women, Collins's timely update demonstrates that Black women's ideas and actions are not marginal concerns but rather are central to the future of social justice within democratic societies. The combination of the text's classic arguments and a preface and epilogue written expressly for this edition speak to people who have long been working on social justice and to a new generation of readers who are encountering the ideas and actions of Black women for the first time. For this 30th year anniversary edition, Patricia Hill Collins examines how the ideas in this classic text speak to contemporary social issues and identifies the directions needed for the future of Black feminist thought.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought

1. The Politics of Black Feminist Thought

2. Distinguishing Features of Black Feminist Thought

pt. II Core Themes in Black Feminist Thought

3. Work, Family, and Black Women's Oppression

4. Mammies, Matriarchs, and Other Controlling Images

5. The Power of Self-Definition

6. The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood

7. Black Women's Love Relationships

8. Black Women and Motherhood

9. Rethinking Black Women's Activism

pt. III Black Feminism, Knowledge, and Power

10. U.S. Black Feminism in a Transnational Context

11. Black Feminist Epistemology

12. Toward a Politics of Empowerment.

Notes:

Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Unwin Hyman, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781032157832

1032157836

9781032157863

1032157860

OCLC:

1276784526

Publisher Number:

99991220342