Wells would’ve been comrades in arms (maybe no gun for bell hooks!) if they were contemporaries. I can’t help but wonder if hooks studied Ida B. Wells as she developed her feminist theories. There are many‚ many similarities between these two women in terms of feminist theory and their work against ideologies of oppression and domination. As I read through Wells’ autobiography‚ I was constantly reminded of bell hooks. For example‚ when bell hooks talks about her feminist theory‚ she places emphasis
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In the article “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor” by bell hooks‚ she is evaluating the misrepresentation of the poor and their values by society and explaining how humanity should change the way they label the underclass. Much of the nation believes that the poor do not have any values‚ morals‚ work ethic‚ integrity‚ and cannot be trusted. This is supported by hooks‚ concerning her college teachers and classmates remarks regarding the poor‚ when she quotes‚ “I was shocked…by the comments
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Morris 1 Bell Hooks is a renowned African-American feminist and author. In her book‚ Salvation‚ she tries to expose and critically examine problems for blacks...dealing with the intra-social fibers within their community. Amongst all of her clearly thought out books‚ four of her most critical thoughts are presented in Salvation. Her thoughts are entwined within four chapters: “The Heart of the Matter”‚ “We Wear the Mask”‚ “The Issue of Self-Love”‚ and “Valuing Ourselves Rightly”. All four of these
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Bells hooks ’Marginality as a Site of Resistance’‚is an engaging and powerful comment on the solicitude for all those colonised on the perimeter of society.To identify as‚ but not be defined as‚ the marginalised. To use this site as an advance point to gain a formative viewpoint and destabilize the deep structures of power and cultural domination. Mona Hatoums work deals with identity in the context of displacement‚ gender and memory. Through Hatoums artworks ’Recollection’ (1995) and Grater Divide
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In Pico Iyer and bell hooks writing‚ both authors illustrates the importances of interaction between nature and humans. Iyer discusses how we must solve the issue of ourselves before making changes to nature. Hooks states when we see the beauty of nature‚ we are able enjoy the happiness and joy it provides. Nature is a reflection of humans innerself and can only be healed when we reflect on our actions and behaviors. Pico Iyer address his concerns about some of the major issues in today’s changes
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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
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Love is a simple phrase that has existed throughout human history. Since the beginning of time‚ we have been taught to love one another through works of kindness and compassion. Despite this‚ we as a greedy‚ shallow culture tend to resort to conflict to solve our issues. From wars to segregation‚ humans have fought numerous battles in the name of a better world‚ yet‚ all they have accomplished is insurmountable conflict. Although this epidemic floods our history‚ there are times where the tenderness
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Life can be sweet‚ but it can also be bitter. you may think that things will come easily‚ but truth be told...they don’t. you sometimes have to work very hard to achieve the goals you want in life‚ but always remember to stay strong and don’t let anyone tell you that you are not good enough. When you open a box of assorted chocolates‚ what do you see? Some people look‚ and they know that there are some chocolates mixed in there that are absolutely horrid‚ and they do their best to escape them. Others
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Life is Sweet at Kumansenu By Abioseh Nicol Notes about what I am reading 1 I knew enough about hell to stop me from stealing. I was holy in almost every bone. Some days I recognized the shadows of angels flopping on the backyard grass‚ and other days I heard faraway messages in the plumbing that howled underneath the house when I crawled there to look for something to do. The sea and the wet sand to one side of it; green tropical forest on the other; above it‚ the slow‚ tumbling clouds. The
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our population. These people‚ whose numbers have been displaced‚ oppressed‚ and dominated‚ represent the margins of our society. Though part of American’s collective whole‚ they live and work outside society’s center‚ and take up space in the margins‚ much like the margins of a sheet of paper. Author bell hooks‚ however‚ believes these margins not only represent sites of oppression‚ but also serve as places of resistance. To hook’s‚ the margins are something the marginalized need to hold on to‚ for
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