New Releases by bell hooks

bell hooks and Chris Raschka join together to create an exuberant, rhythmic, read-aloud celebration about the joy and beauty of "nappy" hair.

An intelligent, emotional glimpse into the author''s transition into womanhood describes leaving Kentucky to pursue her dreams at Stanford and becoming a successful writer, and details her involvement with feminism, the publication of her first book, and other personal events. 35,000 first printing.

One of our country’s premier cultural and social critics, bell hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. But whereas many women have been recognized for their writing on gender politics, the female voice has been all but locked out of the public discourse on race. Killing Rage speaks to this imbalance. These twenty-three essays are written from a black and feminist perspective, and they tackle the bitter difficulties of racism by envisioning a world without it. They address a spectrum of topics having to do with race and racism in the United States: psychological trauma among African Americans; friendship between black women and white women; anti-Semitism and racism; and internalized racism in movies and the media. And in the title essay, hooks writes about the “killing rage”—the fierce anger of black people stung by repeated instances of everyday racism—finding in that rage a healing source of love and strength and a catalyst for positive change. bell hooks is Distinguished Professor of English at City College of New York. She is the author of the memoir Bone Black as well as eleven other books. She lives in New York City.

A feminist thinker and author writes not a chronological narrative of her life but a series of impressions as the young girl that she was became aware of segregation, civil rights, family ties, spirituality, and her own sexuality. 30,000 first printing.

Poetry celebrating the way in which African Americans celebrate the passing of the spirit.

Race, Gender and Cultural Politics,Crosses disciplinary boundaries, boldly,interrupting business as usual in the major,debates on post-modern theory, cultural criticismand the politics of race and gender.

In Teaching to Transgress,bell hooks--writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual--writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for hooks, the teacher''s most important goal. bell hooks speakes to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom? Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings. This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself. "To educate is the practice of freedom," writes bell hooks, "is a way of teaching anyone can learn." Teaching to Transgress is the record of one gifted teacher''s struggle to make classrooms work.

Na coletânea de ensaios críticos reunidos em Olhares negros, bell hooks interroga narrativas e discute a respeito de formas alternativas de observar a negritude, a subjetividade das pessoas negras e a branquitude. Ela foca no espectador — em especial, no modo como a experiência da negritude e das pessoas negras surge na literatura, na música, na televisão e, sobretudo, no cinema —, e seu objetivo é criar uma intervenção radical na forma como nós falamos de raça e representação. Em suas palavras, “os ensaios de Olhares negros se destinam a desafiar e inquietar, a subverter e serem disruptivos”. Como podem atestar os estudantes, pesquisadores, ativistas, intelectuais e todos os outros leitores que se relacionaram com o livro desde sua primeira publicação, em 1992, é exatamente isso o que estes textos conseguem.