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Title: Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks ISBN: 0-89608-628-3 Publisher: South End Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for a beginner
Comment: In "Feminism is for EVERYBODY", Hooks skims over her ideas, current topics and past writings. I think this is a fine book for someone who is ignorant to feminism or a an individual who is interested in Hooks.
The introduction was my favorite part. How she states that as soon as she mentions the word "feminist" without fail, people get shifty and uncomfortable and talk about how crazy feminists are, how manhating, butch like, etc. Then go on to say she must not be like those "wierd feminists". When in reality, most people have no idea what feminism is, which is why she wrote this.
The only reason why I would not recommend this book to anyone is my own personal bias and opinions. I do not agree with everything she has written. However, her writing is easy to read and she writes in a way to entice everyone. She is kind and open, not aggressive and rude, but still assertive and gets her point across. She is also wise to not attack men, instead she attacks the patriarch, because that is a way of believing, it is not a sexuality, and that is what needs to be brought down.
Like I stated, it's compelling and easy to read, it's short and almost anyone can relate to it.
Rating: 1
Summary: DSH
Comment: his is a great books if you are intellectually challenged. I have not met an intellignet, thinking woman who actually enjoyed this mess. Hooks should have stopped writing a few years ago. If you are interested in good feminist literature, read anything but this misdirected mess of garbled platitudes.Move on....
Rating: 5
Summary: This Book is For Everybody
Comment: This is the best "primer" to feminism that I've ever read. It's a great read for people who know nothing about feminism or who are only familiar with mainstream society's myths about feminism, because it offers a concise and easy to understand history of the movement. hooks also clears up misunderstanding on the definitions of the terms feminist and feminism. She touches on problems within the movement and where we're at now. I also think this is an excellent book for seasoned feminists to have on hand. For one thing, you can find the quotes and passages you're looking for with ease...and it also helps to have read a book that you should be suggesting to those new to feminism.
Finally, I disagree with the reviewer who said this book is only for the "fringe" because hooks points out "our feminist pioneers [were] privileged, educated white women." Um...THEY WERE for the most part. If you're looking for a whitewashed version of the history of feminism then this book isn't for you. Like the feminist movement itself, this book cannot address sex and gender without also addressing race and class. Also, nowhere in the book does hooks imply that housewives are excluded from feminism. The book actually touches on the fact that most of the work done by women (including especially unpaid domestic labor) is still unpaid and undervalued in this society.
The amazing thing about this book is that hooks is able to compress so much information into such an easy and interesting read. You won't put it down except maybe to get your hi-liter.
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Title: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (South End Press Classics, V. 5) by Bell Hooks, Manning Marable ISBN: 0896086135 Publisher: South End Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Manifesta : Young Women, Feminism, and the Future by Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards ISBN: 0374526222 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 04 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Listen Up 2 Ed: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation by Barbara Findlen ISBN: 1580050549 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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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: Third Wave Agenda: Being Feminist, Doing Feminism by Leslie Heywood, Jennifer Drake ISBN: 0816630054 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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