Abstract
bell hooks contributed greatly to literature and scholarship related to feminism. bell hooks’ scholarship supports the critical thinking centered in the intersectionality of race, gender, and class. Through hooks’ literary contribution, readers have been able to view social intersectionality through the lens of community, Black womanhood, activism, and feminism. bell hooks’ writings call for a feministic practice that centers the experiences of Black women and their experiences. The challenge proposed by bell hooks asked readers to consider how they make sense of their identities when thinking of their experiences of race in addition to gender and class.
This article examines bell hooks’ early life motivations and influences that fueled her critical perspectives of activism, feminist, and many other topics centered in socioeconomic class, intersectionality, and the experiences in which Black women interact with society. This article acknowledges key contributions, developing and new insights as well as rising scholars and how they find connection to bell hooks’ work through their individual practice.
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Morris-Coker, C.B. (2023). bell hooks: Exploring Intersectionality, Black Feminist Thinking & Radical Love. In: Geier, B.A. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81037-5_155-1
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