Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and PracticeWhat are the conditions needed for our nation to bridge cultural and racial divides? By "writing beyond race," noted cultural critic bell hooks models the constructive ways scholars, activists, and readers can challenge and change systems of domination. In the spirit of previous classics like Outlaw Culture and Reel to Real, this new collection of compelling essays interrogates contemporary cultural notions of race, gender, and class. From the films Precious and Crash to recent biographies of Malcolm X and Henrietta Lacks, hooks offers provocative insights into the way race is being talked about in this "post-racial" era. |
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Contents
| 1 | |
Naming What Hurts | 9 |
Embracing Diversity | 26 |
Women and Race Relations | 39 |
ReImagining the Past | 58 |
The Reinvention of Malcolm X | 71 |
Resurrecting Henrietta Lacks | 81 |
On Spiritual Conversion | 92 |
11 A Community of Caring | 136 |
12 Bonding Across Boundaries | 143 |
Saying No to White Supremacy | 153 |
14 Against Mediocrity | 160 |
15 Black SelfDetermination | 165 |
Working for Change | 172 |
17 Writing Beyond Race | 184 |
18 The Practice of Love | 191 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice |
| Author | bell hooks |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1136266038, 9781136266034 |
| Length | 208 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black Social Science / Media Studies |
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