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Title: Rock My Soul : Black People and Self-Esteem by bell hooks ISBN: 0-7434-5605-X Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An easy way to get Hooked for the sake of self-esteem!
Comment: Lest we forget the importance of feeling good about ourselves, bell hooks, the quintessential black feminist writer has added yet another tome to the many outstanding references to the literary canon of African-American culture. Here, she gives us Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem. No less provocative, but ever so poignant, the panache is intact as she talks with passion on a highly debated topic that is always at the cutting edge of discussion in our communities. There's no book that this author has contributed that doesn't get the overall treatment with candid and insightful analogy. Self esteem and what it means to people of color will always be high profile and a force to be reckoned with due to the scars of slavery and unbalanced scales . Without self-esteem everyone loses his or her sense of meaning, purpose, and power. For too long, African Americans in particular have been unable to openly and honestly address the crisis of self-esteem and how it affects the way they perceive themselves and are perceived by others.
In her most challenging and provocative book to date, bell hooks gives voice to what many black people have thought and felt, but seldom articulated in a way where doubt would hold sway. She offers readers a clear, passionate examination of the role of projecting positive images and having the confidence to allow the playing field to be equaled to play in the African-American experience. This is essential in determining whether success is individual or collective. In gathering research for the project, the author delves into the methods and reasons why she used the paradigms to construct this project. She painstakingly listened to the stories of her students, peers, and people from different walks of life and heard the same arguments, including deep feelings of inadequacy and despair. With critical insight and a fervor bent on finding answers, the author exposes the underlying truth behind the crisis. In her estimation, it has been extremely difficult to create a culture that promotes and sustains a healthy sense of self-esteem in African-American communities...and this book gives all the reasons and supportive analogies thereof.
What I found interesting and gave me such a positive vein with this book, is how she rigorously examined and identified the barriers -- political and cultural -- that keep African Americans from emotional well-being and a sense of belonging. She looked at historical movements, the role the community plays in this issue, gave introspective analogy why self is just as important at arriving at conclusions, and how the family came to be so involved. She also discusses the revolutionary role preventative mental health care can play in promoting and maintaining self-esteem. The question will always be asked: Why is self-esteem so on the forefront of our societal emanation? This book does quite a bit to understand how racism has been abated, relative to how often-negative reaction to integration has crippled the black community leaving deep psychological scars and extremely low self-esteem as blacks compete by imitating whites. I recommend this book to give compelling arguments and subsequent solutions for a far better understanding of the issue than has been given to us up to now.
Rating: 4
Summary: FINDING THE BEAUTY IN A PEOPLE
Comment: ROCK MY SOUL: BLACK PEOPLE AND SELF-ESTEEM by bell hooks is a detailed
analysis of self image issues in African-Americans. Ms. hooks examines the
dynamics which have oppressed the development of a healthy sense of self in
African-Americans. A history of enslavement, the belittling of racial worth,
and internalized racism were a few of the phenomenon cited by hooks as a cause
of the pervasive lack of self esteem in Black people.
While hooks provides interesting discourse on the subject matter, she often
comes off sounding like a text book in her discussion of the different sides
of this issue. As such, this is not a casual read or a self help book. It is
an informative, thought-provoking, volume with historical and psychological
references that provides food for thought and information for further study
among those interested in this subject matter.
Reviewed by Diane Marbury (HonestD)
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Rating: 5
Summary: Looking within for a reason to believe!
Comment: ROCK MY SOUL: BLACK PEOPLE AND SELF-ESTEEM By bell hooks
Lest we forget the importance of feeling good about ourselves, bell hooks, the quintessential black feminist writer has added yet another tome to the many outstanding references to the literary canon of African-American culture. Here, she gives us Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem. No less provocative, but ever so poignant, the panache is intact as she talks with passion on a highly debated topic that is always at the cutting edge of discussion in our communities. There's no book that this author has contributed that doesn't get the overall treatment with candid and insightful analogy. Self esteem and what it means to people of color will always be high profile and a force to be reckoned with due to the scars of slavery and unbalanced scales . Without self-esteem everyone loses his or her sense of meaning, purpose, and power. For too long, African Americans in particular have been unable to openly and honestly address the crisis of self-esteem and how it affects the way they perceive themselves and are perceived by others.
In her most challenging and provocative book to date, bell hooks gives voice to what many black people have thought and felt, but seldom articulated in a way where doubt would hold sway. She offers readers a clear, passionate examination of the role of projecting positive images and having the confidence to allow the playing field to be equaled to play in the African-American experience. This is essential in determining whether success is individual or collective. In gathering research for the project, the author delves into the methods and reasons why she used the paradigms to construct this project. She painstakingly listened to the stories of her students, peers, and people from different walks of life and heard the same arguments, including deep feelings of inadequacy and despair. With critical insight and a fervor bent on finding answers, the author exposes the underlying truth behind the crisis. In her estimation, it has been extremely difficult to create a culture that promotes and sustains a healthy sense of self-esteem in African-American communities...and this book gives all the reasons and supportive analogies thereof.
What I found interesting and gave me such a positive vein with this book, is how she rigorously examined and identified the barriers -- political and cultural -- that keep African Americans from emotional well-being and a sense of belonging. She looked at historical movements, the role the community plays in this issue, gave introspective analogy why self is just as important at arriving at conclusions, and how the family came to be so involved. She also discusses the revolutionary role preventative mental health care can play in promoting and maintaining self-esteem. The question will always be asked: Why is self-esteem so on the forefront of our societal emanation? This book does quite a bit to understand how racism has been abated, relative to how often-negative reaction to integration has crippled the black community leaving deep psychological scars and extremely low self-esteem as blacks compete by imitating whites. I recommend this book to give compelling arguments and subsequent solutions for a far better understanding of the issue than has been given to us up to now.
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Title: All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks ISBN: 0060959479 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks ISBN: 089608129X Publisher: South End Press Pub. Date: November, 1981 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks ISBN: 0060959495 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 18 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by Bell Hooks ISBN: 0415969271 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Why I Love Black Women by Michael Eric Dyson ISBN: 0465017630 Publisher: BasicCivitas Books Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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