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" Ain't I a woman : "
by Bell Hooks.
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BL
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588624
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b417843
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| Main Entry
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hooks, bell,1952-
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| Title & Author
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Ain't I a woman : : Black women and feminism /\ by Bell Hooks.
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Boston, MA :: South End Press,, c1981
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205 p. ;; 21 cm.
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0896081281 (pbk.)
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: 9780896081284 (pbk.)
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: 0896081303 (hard)
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: 9780896081307 (hard)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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An examination of the politics of racism and sexism from a feminist perspective, looking at the impact of sexism on African-American women during slavery, the devaluation of African-American womanhood, African-American male sexism, racism within the modern feminist movement, and the African-American woman's involvement in feminism and its experience and relationship to society.
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African American women-- Social conditions.
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Sexism-- United States.
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Feminism-- United States.
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African Americans.
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Women.
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Social Conditions.
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United States.
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