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Black Looks: Race and Representation

bell hooks

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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 others who have engaged with the book since its original release in 1992 can attest, that's exactly what these pieces do.

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Pages:: pages

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Publisher:: South End Press

Edition:: 1st, First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0896084337

ISBN13:: 9780896084339

kindle Asin:: B0B36R9YN9

Black Looks: Race and Representation

bell hooks

4.36/5 (2178 ratings)

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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 others who have engaged with the book since its original release in 1992 can attest, that's exactly what these pieces do.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: South End Press

Edition:: 1st, First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0896084337

ISBN13:: 9780896084339

kindle Asin:: B0B36R9YN9

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