Bell Hooks Seeing And Making Culture Summary

As you read bell hooks’s Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor, it’s hard not to ask yourself the question, how do I see the poor? In her writing, she declares that issues like stereotypical thinking and negative cultural portrayal are the downfall of this economic status. hooks, herself, came from a background of poverty and thus, through her study, sets out to battle the stigma that is associated with being poor. I believe that hooks has a valid point and that within my lifetime, we can change the way the poor are viewed. I will talk about her audience, her claims, and her purpose in my essay.

hooks did not just focus on a single audience in her piece, but rather started by addressing all readers in general within the first few