Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks (English) Paperback Book

Description: Where We Stand by bell hooks Why is it that the face of poverty in America is a black face, even though most of the 36 million poor in America are white? This text is a black womans personal reflection on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black womans reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them. Back Cover Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black womans reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them. Author Biography Bell Hooks has published three books with Routledge: Teaching to Transgress, Reel to Reel, and Outlaw Culture. Her most recent publications are All About Love and her childrens book Happy to Be Nappy. Table of Contents introduction Class Matters; Chapter 1 Making the Personal Political: Class in the Family; Chapter 2 Coming to Class Consciousness; Chapter 3 Class and the Politics of Living Simply; Chapter 4 Money Hungry; Chapter 5 The Politics of Greed; Chapter 6 Being Rich; Chapter 7 The Me-Me Class: The Young and the Ruthless; Chapter 8 Class and Race: The New Black Elite; Chapter 9 Feminism and Class Power; Chapter 10 White Poverty: The Politics of Invisibility; Chapter 11 Solidarity with the Poor; Chapter 12 Class Claims: Real Estate Racism; Chapter 13 Crossing Class Boundaries; Chapter 14 Living without Class Hierarchy; Review "Where We Stand: Class Matters is a statement of self, reaching through all of those selves who think properly on class, to embrace a society transformed by redistribution...hooks moves analytically to grasp what so many theorists of our time have evaded." -- LiteraryReview of Canada"hookss story is both inspiration and cautionary tale." -- Washington Post"hooks delves into the deep divisions of class, socio-economics, and race that are too often lightly stepped around and avoided and brings them out, lays them on the table, and helps us bravely through the pieces and make sense of them." -- Black Issues Book Review"hooks is often refreshing simply because she says so clearly what she really means. No academic rigamarole or mystical jargon for her. The good news is that such occasionally awkward phrases...are sometimes preludes to her seamless depictions of the complex cultural nuances that make up contemporary American culture." -- TheWashington Post Book World"This incisive examination of class is rooted in cultural critic hooks personal experience, political commitment, and social theory, which links gender, race, and class. Starting with her working-class childhood, the author illustrates how everyday interactions reproduce class hierarchy while simultaneously denying its existence. Because she sustains an unflinching gaze on both her own personal motivations and on persistent social structures, hooks provides a valuable framework for discussing such difficult and unexplored areas as greed, the quest to live simply, the ruling-class co-optation of youth through popular culture, and real estate speculation as an instrument of racism." -- Library Journal"[A]n engaging, thought-provoking memoir." -- BostonHerald"In often-evocative prose, bell hooks utilizes her own life to quickly get to the heart of matters, developing insights and pithy truths that resonate long after her books are put down. Where We Stand is a deeply felt rendering that engages us through descriptions of her childhood and her process of coming to class awareness." -- NSWA Journal Review Quote "Where We Stand: Class Mattersis a statement of self, reaching through all of those selves who think properly on class, to embrace a society transformed by redistribution...hooks moves analytically to grasp what so many theorists of our time have evaded." -- LiteraryReview of Canada "hookss story is both inspiration and cautionary tale." -- Washington Post "hooks delves into the deep divisions of class, socio-economics, and race that are too often lightly stepped around and avoided and brings them out, lays them on the table, and helps us bravely through the pieces and make sense of them." -- Black Issues Book Review "hooks is often refreshing simply because she says so clearly what she really means. No academic rigamarole or mystical jargon for her. The good news is that such occasionally awkward phrases...are sometimes preludes to her seamless depictions of the complex cultural nuances that make up contemporary American culture." -- TheWashington Post Book World "This incisive examination of class is rooted in cultural critic hooks personal experience, political commitment, and social theory, which links gender, race, and class. Starting with her working-class childhood, the author illustrates how everyday interactions reproduce class hierarchy while simultaneously denying its existence. Because she sustains an unflinching gaze on both her own personal motivations and on persistent social structures, hooks provides a valuable framework for discussing such difficult and unexplored areas as greed, the quest to live simply, the ruling-class co-optation of youth through popular culture, and real estate speculation as an instrument of racism." -- Library Journal "[A]n engaging, thought-provoking memoir." -- BostonHerald "In often-evocative prose, bell hooks utilizes her own life to quickly get to the heart of matters, developing insights and pithy truths that resonate long after her books are put down. Where We Standis a deeply felt rendering that engages us through descriptions of her childhood and her process of coming to class awareness." -- NSWA Journal Details ISBN041592913X Short Title WHERE WE STAND Language English ISBN-10 041592913X ISBN-13 9780415929134 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2000 Subtitle Class Matters Edition 1st Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 160 DOI 10.1604/9780415929134 AU Release Date 2000-10-04 NZ Release Date 2000-10-04 US Release Date 2000-10-04 UK Release Date 2000-10-04 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2000-10-04 Alternative 9780415929110 DEWEY 305.50973 Audience Undergraduate Author bell hooks We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7394655;

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