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A Conversation with bell hooks

A Conversation with bell hooks A ConversAtion with bell hooks _ Editor's note: This is the first of what we plan to be a whole series of conversations with bell hooks we hope to publish in subsequent issues of this magazine. bell hooks was called by The Atlantic Monthly, "one of our nation's leading public intellectuals," and is internationally known as a feminist and social critic. In 1981, publication of Ain't I a Woman catapulted bell hooks into a position of national prominence, and since then she has published over thirty books. She is known for her ability to discover the essence of complex social phenomena and to articulate in plain language, compelling, common-sense imperatives that are meaningful in everyday lives. A black woman, long known for insisting on the inseparability of black liberation and feminism, she has also focused attention on the oppression of social class and most recently on the connection between environmental and social issues with her 2008 book, Belonging: A Culture of Place. Although she has been a professor on both coasts, eight years ago she returned to the hilly hinterland of Kentucky where she was born and raised, and we are proud that she has chosen Berea for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

A Conversation with bell hooks

Appalachian Review , Volume 40 (2) – Jun 22, 2012

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A ConversAtion with bell hooks _ Editor's note: This is the first of what we plan to be a whole series of conversations with bell hooks we hope to publish in subsequent issues of this magazine. bell hooks was called by The Atlantic Monthly, "one of our nation's leading public intellectuals," and is internationally known as a feminist and social critic. In 1981, publication of Ain't I a Woman catapulted bell hooks into a position of national prominence, and since then she has published over thirty books. She is known for her ability to discover the essence of complex social phenomena and to articulate in plain language, compelling, common-sense imperatives that are meaningful in everyday lives. A black woman, long known for insisting on the inseparability of black liberation and feminism, she has also focused attention on the oppression of social class and most recently on the connection between environmental and social issues with her 2008 book, Belonging: A Culture of Place. Although she has been a professor on both coasts, eight years ago she returned to the hilly hinterland of Kentucky where she was born and raised, and we are proud that she has chosen Berea for

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jun 22, 2012

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