Becoming bell hooks. A story about the self-empowerment of a Black girl who became a feminist

This book is the story of Gloria Jean Watkins (1952-2021), a Black woman from a small town in Kentucky who became a bell hooks – a feminist icon, one of the most significant and courageous voices of the contemporary debates on racial discrimination, feminism, and women’s and minority rights. The aut...

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Autore principale: Ostaszewska, Aneta
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Pubblicazione: University of Warsaw Press 2025
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