Description
For bell hooks, the best cultural criticism sees no need to separate politics from the pleasure of reading. Yearning collects together some of hooks's classic and early pieces of cultural criticism from the '80s. Addressing topics like pedagogy, postmodernism, and politics, hooks examines a variety of cultural artifacts, from Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing and Wim Wenders's film Wings of Desire to the writings of Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison. The result is a poignant collection of essays which, like all of hooks's work, is above all else concerned with transforming oppressive structures of domination.
Author: Bell Hooks
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/29/2014
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781138821750
ISBN10: 1138821756
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Political Science | General
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
About the Author
A cultural critic, an intellectual, and a feminist writer, bell hooks is best known for classic books including Ain't I a Woman, Bone Black, All About Love, Rock My Soul, Belonging, We Real Cool, Where We Stand, Teaching to Transgress, Teaching Community, Outlaw Culture, and Reel to Real. hooks is Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, and resides in her home state of Kentucky.