The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment. Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology Emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park and Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emerita of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Sexual Politics and Black Women's Relationships Mammies, Matriarchs, and Other Controlling Images

Work, Family, and Black Women's Oppression She had published many articles in professional journals and edited volumes. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Contents Patricia Hill Collins is Charles Phelps Taft Distinguished Professor in the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

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