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A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain’t I a Woman has become a must–read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood. Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black woman’s involvement with feminism, Hooks attempts to move us beyond racist and sexist assumptions. The result is nothing short of groundbreaking, giving this book a critical place on every feminist scholar’s bookshelf.
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“Since the publication of Ain’t I A Woman in 1981, bell hooks has become one of the United States’ most acute cultural critics…hooks’s early work helped re-map feminist theory in the United States with her consistent analysis of the interrelationships of race, gender, and class in contemporary cultural life.”
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