Black feminist thought knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment /
Patricia Hill Collins.
- Rev. tenth anniversary edition.
- New York : Routledge, (c)2000.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
part 1. The social construction of black feminist thought. The politics of black feminist thought -- Distinguishing features of black feminist thought -- part 2. Core themes in black feminist thought. Work, family, and black women's oppression -- Mammies, matriarchs, and other controlling images -- The power of self-definition -- The sexual politics of black womanhood -- Black women's love relationships -- Black women and motherhood -- Rethinking black women's activism -- part 3. Black feminism, knowledge, and power. U.S. black feminism in transnational context -- Black feminist epistemology -- Toward a politics of empowerment.
9780415924832 9780415924849 9780203900055
Feminism--United States. African American women. Electronic books.