Hill Collins, Patricia.

Black feminist thought : knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment / Patricia Hill Collins. - [2nd ed.] - New York : Routledge, 2009. - xvii, 357 p. ; 22 cm. - Routledge classics .

Originally published in 1990; first published in Routledge Classics, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-346) and index.

The politics of Black feminist thought -- Distinguishing features of Black feminist thought -- Work, family, and Black women's oppression - - Mammies, matriarchs, and other controlling images -- The power of sel f-definition -- The sexual politics of black womanhood -- Black women's love relationships -- Black women and motherhood -- Rethinking Black w omen's activism -- U.S. Black feminism in transnational context -- Blac k feminist epistemology -- Toward a politics of empowerment.

0415964725 (pbk) 9780415964722 (pbk)

2008-037553


Feminism--United States.
African American women.


United States-- Race relations.

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