Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations
Bell Hooks
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Description for Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations
Paperback. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, this work presents a collection of feminist explorations. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture can be a ‘powerful site for intervention, challenge and change’. And intervene, challenge and change is what hooks does best.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Routledge Classics
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415389587
SKU
V9780415389587
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About Bell Hooks
bell hooks (b. 1951) is mainly known as a feminist thinker, although her writings cover a broad range of topics on gender, race, teaching and the significance of media for contemporary culture. She is Distinguished Professor of English at City College in New York.
Reviews for Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations
'The reader discovers ... that bell hooks is a joy to read, her work a nimbly written hybrid form of social commentary, by turns personal, political, and in-your-face.' - San Francisco Chronicle Examiner 'Outlaw Culture should be read, regardless of whether one agrees with feminism as presented by hooks. hooks raises critical issues that all should find engaging as ... Read more