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POST MODERN: bell Hooks (1952-2021) - Coggle Diagram
POST MODERN: bell Hooks (1952-2021)
STATE
men must understand the patriarchy theyre imposing and women must break free of the preconceptions about themselves which are product of men's domination of sext culture
identified role of media and education in construction of white supemacist capitalist patriarchy
Loving communities overcome racial, gender and social class inequality
Classroom source of constraint and potential freedom- teachers encourage transgression of norms rather than conform
SOCIETY
asserts that womem like her will only become equal of black people also acheive equality
all black women face problems that white women don't same with gay women, poor and other minority groups
Equality must be established as a universial principle= disadvantages women face reduced then eliminated
ECONOMY
feminist need to take account of intersectionality between race gender and social class
diff groups suffer with inequality like poor ethnic minorities and religious minorities
HUMAN NATURE
systems of oppression have the ability to perpetuate themselves over time
KEY WORKS
Aint I a Woman 1985 examined history of black women in the US=racism precedence over sexism and powerful critique of implied racism in mainstream women's movement
Feminism for everyone 2000 critique feminist movement focusing on concerns of white, college educated +middle/upper class women and seeing feminism as lifestyle choice
"Sexist thinking made us judge each other without compassion and punish one another harshly. Feminist thinking helped us unlearn female self- hatred. It enabled us to break free of the hold patriarchal thinking had on our consciousness"
Born Gloria Watkins pen name her maternal great grandmothers