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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American history‚ thousands and thousands of black people were tortured and hung in trees—their bodies left to rot while on public display. Oftentimes‚ the bodies were mutilated and body parts were passed from one hand to the other among a raucous crowd of white people‚ which included women and children. The practice of lynching began long before the Civil War‚ but during the years of Reconstruction‚ lynching was one way in which whites terrorized blacks in an attempt to maintain the status quo in
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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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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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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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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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the Practice of Freedom”‚ bell hooks uses rhetorical strategies in order to signify the mendacity of solving problems through conflict‚ by insinuating that a self-loving mentality is needed to progress against domination culture. People are more likely to be attentive when individuals that they have confidence in are used as a basis for intellectual thought. Anecdotes and authority figures are pivotal in persuading people to revise their stances on controversial topics. Hooks utilizes figures such as
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It is quite shocking for students in college to talk about their parents with no respect. Bell Hooks‚ a southern black girl from a working-class background in Kentucky‚ who has never rode on a city bus‚ or even an escalator‚ explains her feelings about going away for college in Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education. She took her first plane ride to Stanford University where she received her bachelor’s degree. She examines and challenges intertwined assumptions about race‚ class‚ and academia
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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 it is a site of resistance that allows the oppressed to
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In “Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education” by Bell Hooks‚ Hooks describes the wedge that can be placed between those who have received an education and those who have not. Coming from a lower class background there was much hesitation around Hooks gaining a higher education which may come as a surprise to some‚ but families often worry that children gaining more access to world views and ideas might
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