Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black

Writing Is A Healing Act Of Power For This Woman Who Grew Up In An Old School Southern Black World Where Children Were Meant To Be Seen And Not Heard. Talking Back Was Punished With Silence. But In The World Of Woman-talk, Where The Everyday Rules Of How To Live And How To Act Were Established, Hooks Made Language Her Birthright. When It Comes To Bigotry, There Is No Mincing Words; Bell Hooks Talks Back. In 'talking Back', This Voice Is As Strong And Uncompromising As Ever But It Is Also Much More Personal. She Writes About The Meaning Of Feminist Consciousness In Daily Life And About Self-recovery, About Overcoming White-and Male-supremacy, And About Intimate Relationships, Exploring The Point Where The Public And Private Meet. (back Cover). [ch.] 1. Introduction : Some Opening Remarks -- [ch.] 2. Talking Back -- [ch.] 3. When I Was A Young Soldier For The Revolution : Coming To Voice -- [ch.] 4. Feminism : A Transformational Politic -- [ch.] 5. On Self-recovery -- [ch.] 6. Feminist Theory :a Radical Agenda -- [ch.] 7. Feminist Scholarship : Ethical Issues -- [ch.] 8. Toward A Revolutionary Feminist Pedagogy -- [ch.] 9. Black And Female : Reflections On Graduate School -- [ch.] 10. On Being Black At Yale : Education As The Practice Of Freedom -- [ch.] 11. Keeping Close To Home : Class And Education -- [ch.] 12. Violence In Intimate Relationship : A Feminist Perspective -- [ch.] 13. Feminism And Militarism : A Comment -- [ch.] 14. Pedagogy And Political Commitment :a Comment -- [ch.] 15. Feminist Politicization : A Comment -- Ch.16. Overcoming White Supremacy : A Comment -- [ch.] 17. Homophobia In Black Communities -- [ch.] 18. Feminist Focus On Men : A Comment -- [ch.] 19. Whose Pussy Is This : A Feminist Comment -- [ch.] 20. Black Women Writing : Creating More Space -- [ch.] 21. Ain't I A Woman: Looking Back -- [ch.] 22. Writing Autobiography -- [ch.] 23. To Gloria, Who Is She : On Using A Pseudonym -- [ch.] 24. Interview -- [ch.] 25. Black Women And Feminism. Bell Hooks. Bibliography: P. 183-184.