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i never thought i'd meet a bell hooks book that made me so unhappy but here we are. considering the last book on feminism i read, it was disappointing that she just kept talking about men so much and having to teach men and just men everywhere and "women can be sexist too" "women can be violent too". like ok? i suppose that was the book is about but as someone who staunchly believes that feminism should center women the pandering was too much. there is still good things to take from it of course and i will continue to get through her other texts in my efforts to read as much feminist lit as i can but i would not recommend this one as a good intro to feminism which she says was her intent.
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bell hooks hace un repaso al feminismo y a todos los temas que toca (qué es el feminismo, sororidad, derechos reproductivos, lucha de clases, raza y género, violencia, crianza, amor e incluso religión) en diecinueve capítulos con mucho material muy condensado. Son lecturas cortas pero llenas de contenido, de donde podemos extraer muy buenas citas y que van a los puntos clave de cada capítulo.
Aunque el texto original es del año 2000, muchas cosas siguen de plena vigencia. Además, el repaso histórico al movimiento feminista en Estados Unidos (unido a comentarios sobre el movimiento por los derechos civiles) ayuda a comprender la situación en aquel país.
Una gran introducción sobre los diferentes puntos de debate dentro del movimiento feminista y a bastantes ideas de cómo el movimiento puede evolucionar o podría haber actuado en algunos momentos. Una lectura imprescindible.
Aunque el texto original es del año 2000, muchas cosas siguen de plena vigencia. Además, el repaso histórico al movimiento feminista en Estados Unidos (unido a comentarios sobre el movimiento por los derechos civiles) ayuda a comprender la situación en aquel país.
Una gran introducción sobre los diferentes puntos de debate dentro del movimiento feminista y a bastantes ideas de cómo el movimiento puede evolucionar o podría haber actuado en algunos momentos. Una lectura imprescindible.
Every review for a bell hooks work that I write is biased because I really adore her work. With that in mind, I think this is a wonderful work that goes over a history of the feminist movement. She traces how new feminist ideologies emerged, why, and how some of them failed. She highlights, as always, her personal connection to the movement which I strongly believe is necessary for any feminist work. While I've noticed some people state this isn't the most accessible work, I think in comparison to a lot of "ivory tower" works (cough Judith Butler cough), this stands out as both intellectual and accessible.
If you want a brief primer about the history and needs of feminism, then this is the book for you. Succinct but still nuanced, although there were times where I definitely would have liked a little more information or background-- for instance, why is Judeo-Christianity inherently sexist in her view? Also although the edition I read was last updated in 2015, there were some LGBTQ terms and ideas that hooks did not discuss which would have made her argument more nuanced and powerful, particularly trans and nonbinary issues. There was one part that felt particularly dated and perhaps even potentially homophobic where she compared patriarchal men and butch women-- definitely a yikes moment. But honestly, most of her discourse (including that about sapphic women) was accessible yet nuanced and thought-provoking.
I guess my main issue was just that I wanted and expected more from this book than it could provide, more than it even sought out to. I expected a work going over the history and needs of feminism in detail, which is simply not what this book is. Despite my small issues with it, I'd still recommend it to just about anybody with the slightest interest in feminist thought and history.
I guess my main issue was just that I wanted and expected more from this book than it could provide, more than it even sought out to. I expected a work going over the history and needs of feminism in detail, which is simply not what this book is. Despite my small issues with it, I'd still recommend it to just about anybody with the slightest interest in feminist thought and history.
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Very good feminism primer + historical context; hooks succeeds in critiquing White Feminism and the ways women can be patriarchal; hooks fails to write a book for “everybody” to be able to read to understand feminism (book assumes you already are anti-capitalist, for instance); target audience seems confused; good read for those who want to engage in feminism activism