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Talking Back

Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black 2nd Edition

by Bell Hooks

Narrator Adenrele Ojo

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Length 9 hours 54 minutes

Language English

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Summary

In childhood, Bell Hooks was taught that "talking back" meant speaking as an equal to an authority figure and daring to disagree and/or have an opinion. In this collection of personal and theoretical essays, Hooks reflects on her signature issues of racism and feminism, politics and pedagogy. Among her discoveries is that moving from silence into speech is for the oppressed, the colonized, the exploited, and those who stand and struggle side by side, a gesture of defiance that heals, making new life and new growth possible.

Nonfiction Social Science