Black Looks: Race and Representation Contributor(s): Hooks, Bell (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138821551 ISBN-13: 9781138821552 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies - Political Science |
Dewey: 305.896 |
LCCN: 2014023251 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.57 lbs) 212 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the critical essays collected in Black Looks, bell hooks interrogates old narratives and argues for alternative ways to look at blackness, black subjectivity, and whiteness. Her focus is on spectatorship--in particular, the way blackness and black people are experienced in literature, music, television, and especially film--and her aim is to create a radical intervention into the way we talk about race and representation. As she describes: the essays in Black Looks are meant to challenge and unsettle, to disrupt and subvert. As students, scholars, activists, intellectuals, and any other readers who have engaged with the book since its original release in 1992 can attest, that's exactly what these pieces do. |