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Ain't I a woman : black women and feminism

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    Running Time: 09:17 hrs
    Narrator: Renate Preuss
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2018
    Note: This book was recorded thanks to support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: hooks, bell
    Date:
    Created
    2015
    Summary:

    Examining the impact of sexism on Black women during slavery, the devaluation of Back 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.

    Contents:
    • Sexism and the black female slave experience
    • Continued devaluation of black womanhood
    • The imperialism of patriarchy
    • Racism and feminism: the issue of accountability
    • Black women and feminism.
    Genre:
    Social science
    Subject(s): African American women | Feminism | Sexism | Social conditions | United States
    Original Publisher: New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781138821484, 1138821489, 9781138821514, 1138821519, 1315743264, 9781315743264
    Collection(s)/Series: Anti-Racist Resources | Black Authors