hopeless romantic‚ I am deeply intrigued by Bells Hooks writing. Bell Hooks born Gloria Jean Watkins was born September 25‚ 1952 in a black neighborhood in Hopkinsville a small‚ segregated town in rural Kentucky. With her father who worked as a janitor‚ and her mother‚ Rosa Bell Oldham Watkins‚ who worked as a maid in the homes of white families‚ Hooks used her experience of rural living‚ poverty‚ racial segregation‚ and resistance struggle in her works. Hooks wrote in an essay “Keeping Close to Home”
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equal education. Two arguments which present interesting views on higher education are bell hook’s “Keeping Close to Home” and Adrienne Rich’s “What Does a Woman Need to Know?” Hooks views higher education with a concern for the underprivileged‚ whereas Rich views it with a concern for women. Of the two works‚ I personally do not agree with Rich’s argument. Bell hooks views higher education to be a time in which we find ourselves and learn more about who
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Home” was written by Bell Hooks. Bell hooks whose original name was Gloria Watkins was born in 1952. Hooks is one of the top leading cultural and educational theorists in America. In education she Hooks has received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. In this essay hooks talk about her journey to educate herself and not losing her sense of where she came from as African-American woman from a working class background (Bell Hooks‚ Keeping close to
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needs to be stopped. bell hooks also suggests that both males and females have to acknowledge that the problem is patriarchy and work to end patriarchy. hooks’ starts off her article with the definition of patriarchy‚ which is a single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. In other words‚ patriarchy is a political system that insists that males inherently dominating‚ superior to everything and everyone deemed weak‚
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second half of Bell Hooks’ work. In this book‚ Hooks is giving the reader an insight into her experiences as a Black female feminist educator teaching about Black women’s issues. Although I myself am not Black‚ as a Mexican-American woman pursuing an academic career‚ I could relate to a vast amount of what Hooks stated throughout the book. The point that struck me the most was the discussion of critiques and the validation of experience in academia (Hooks‚ 1994). In chapter 6‚ Hooks critiques Diana
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Love vs. Punishment In the article “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons” bell hooks claims that “there is nothing that creates more confusion about love in the minds and hearts of children than unkind or cruel punishment” (hooks 27). In other words punishment of any kind‚ let it be pinching‚ flicking or spanking will result in disorientation in a child’s mind. This statement is true to some people‚ false to others‚ but overall hooks tends to be bias in her argument. She doesn’t explore the different variations
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Bell Hooks wishes to express the feminist perspective about masculinity‚ and she wrote Be Boy Buzz about loving being a boy during her involvement. A question of masculinity comes into play today. While in a thrift store‚ Bell Hooks saw a George Bush quote talking about love and community and how we must work together for a better good. Bell Hooks believes that men can change and move away from patriarchy. Harry Brod believes the challenge is not getting men to change but rather make men aware of
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Gloria Watkins under the pen name bell hooks (1994)‚ addresses how poverty is presented through society and criticizes the misrepresentations made by the higher class and media. Watkins (1994) emphasizes her argument that the dehumanizing form of representing the poor is the root cause low self-esteem among poor people. Poverty is portrayed through a variety systems of representation that have come to create misconceptions about this issue. Throughout the article‚ hooks (1994) was able to present her
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successful future. The first chapter of Bell Hook’s book “Feminism Is For Everyone” is simple‚ a definition of a topic she feels so strongly about. Feminism is for everyone Hook encourages as she makes her mark on the worlds stage with her second book. “Simply put feminism is a movement to end sexism‚ sexist exploitation‚ and oppression.”‚ Hook wrote in the first sentence of her book. Feminism is the change the world needs to be able to evolve and learn‚ Hook pushes and encourages throughout the read
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Transgress" passage hints at dark undertones using pathos‚ imagery‚ the first-person point-of-view. Bell Hooks describes her loss of love for school when realizing that "For black children‚ education was no longer about the practice of freedom" since they "...were mainly taught by white teachers whose lessons reinforced racist"(114). Hooks goes on to say that "that shift from beloved‚ all-black schools to white schools where black students were always seen as interlopers‚ as not really belonging‚ taught
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