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In the second preface, the author comments on the (sometimes intensely) negative reaction the first edition received, particularly from white women.

In the first preface, the author gives her reasons for writing the book - a lack of awareness in the feminist movement of the perspective of African-American culture and society. The book begins with two prefaces, one to the first edition (published in 1984) and one to the second (published unrevised in 2000). Throughout the book the author explores various manifestations of her central contentions - that early feminist theory and practice was limited in scope, that true feminist movement has the potential to vastly improve the lives of men and women alike, and that more than ever feminist movement is simultaneously necessary and provocative - not to mention necessarily provocative. She described her town as a "world where folks were content to get by on a little, where Baba, mama's mother, made soap, dug fishing worms, set traps for rabbits, made butter and wine, sewed quilts, and wrung the necks of chickens.This in-depth exploration of what the author believes to be essential principles of feminism was first published in 1984, with a second (unrevised) edition published in the year 2000. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance."īorn Gloria Jean Watkins on September 25, 1952, bell hooks grew up in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Published Works: "Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism," "Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center," "Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black," "Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics," "Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life" (with Cornel West), "Teaching to Transgress: Education As the Practice of Freedom," "Killing Rage: Ending Racism," "All About Love: New Visions," "We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity".Education: Bachelor's, Stanford University, Master's, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Ph.D, University of California, Santa Cruz.Parents: Veodis Watkins and Rosa Bell Watkins.Known For: Theorist, scholar, writer, and activist.