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Gloria Jean Watkins (1952), better known ''bell hooks'', is an American author, feminist, and social activist.
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'''Gloria Jean Watkins''' (25 September 1952 – 15 December 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author, professor, feminist, and social activist. The name "bell hooks" is borrowed from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.
  
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The focus of hooks's writing was the intersectionality of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she described as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. She published more than 30 books and numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures. Her work addressed race, class, gender, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism. In 2014, she founded the bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.
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*{{a|hooks1981}}''Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism'', Boston: South End Press, 1981, 220 pp; [[Media:hooks bell_Aint_I_a_Woman_Black_Women_and_Feminism 1982.pdf|repr.]], London: Pluto Press, 1982; [https://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/f6d6a319-24f5-4956-9742-e77b0440af6f 2nd ed.], Routledge, 2014. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain't_I_a_Woman%3F_(book) WP].
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** ''Ain’t I a Woman. Schwarze Frauen und Feminismus'', trans. Helene Albers, Münster: Unrast, 2023. {{de}}
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** ''[https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=76A16022B37677F41DC8FCA02E3B3358 E eu não sou uma mulher? Mulheres negras e feminismo]'', trans. Bhuvi Libânio, Rio de Janeiro: Rosa dos Tempos, 2019, 320 pp, [https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=C22C6F068418E97BB4E15C111372DFC2 EPUB]. {{br-pt}}
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** ''[https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=2577A0EFCD22DBFE3063C7365F575896 ¿Acaso no soy yo una mujer? Mujeres negras y feminismo]'', Bilbao: Consonni, 276 pp, [https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=41146552D32D189BCE40993976A5F92F EPUB]. {{es}}
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** ''Är inte jag en kvinna? Svarta kvinnor och feminism'', trans. Christian Nilsson, Stockholm: Lil'Lit förlag, 2024, 235 pp. {{sw}}
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*{{a|hooks1984}}''[[Media:hooks bell_Feminist_Theory_From_Margin_to_Center 1984.pdf|Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center]]'', Boston: South End Press, 1984, 174 pp; [https://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/fd4870e8-ad6f-466d-90cc-21a1c0dc960d 2nd ed.], London: Pluto Press, 2000, xvii+179 pp; 3rd ed., Routledge, 2015, xviii+179 pp.
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** ''Burakku feminisuto no shucho'' [ブラック・フェミニストの主張: 周縁から中心へ], trans. 久美 清水, Tokyo: 勁草書房, 1997, 252 pp. {{jp}}
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** ''Nü quan zhu yi li lun: Cong bian yuan dao zhong xin'' [女权主义理论: 从边缘到中心], Nanjing: 江苏人民出版社, 2001. {{cn}}
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** ''P'eminijŭm: chubyŏn esŏ chungsim ŭro'' [페미니즘: 주변 에서 중심 으로], trans. 윤 은진, Seoul: 모티브 북, 2010. {{ko}}
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** ''[https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=086657AD68C2B1A283857CA34631C51F Teoria feministyczna: od marginesu do centrum]'', trans. Ewa Majewska, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, 2013, 240 pp; 2nd ed., 2022, 261 pp. [https://wydawnictwo.krytykapolityczna.pl/teoria-feministyczna-bell-hooks-227 Publisher]. {{pl}}
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** ''[https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=470FFAE2AF4A91572E66AB4F8477B99C De la marge au centre: théorie féministe]'', trans. Noomi B. Grüsig, pref. Nassira Hedjerassi, Paris: Cambourakis, 2017, 298 pp; repr., 2024, 395 pp. [https://www.cambourakis.com/tout/sorcieres/de-la-marge-au-centre-theorie-feministe/ Publisher]. {{fr}}
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** ''Beru fukkusu no fueminizumu riron: Shuhen kara'' [フェミニズム理論: 周辺から中心へ], Tokyo: あけび書房, 2017, 237 pp. {{jp}}
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** ''[https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=C32BC9D5E4415ABC9423598BB314CD07 Teoria feminista: Da margem ao centro]'', intro. Claudia Pons Cardoso, trans. Rainer Patriota, Perspectiva, 2019, 256 pp, [https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=D5FE2F541FA50B5DDAAC8915BEBFA59F EPUB]. [https://editoraperspectiva.com.br/produtos/teoria-feminista-da-margem-ao-centro-hooks-bell/ Publisher]. {{br-pt}}
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** ''[https://traficantes.net/sites/default/files/TDS_map61_Hooks_web_baja.pdf Teoría feminista: de los márgenes al centro]'', trans. Ana Useros Martín, Madrid: Traficantes de Sueños, 2020, 259 pp. Trans. of 3rd ed. [https://traficantes.net/libros/teor%C3%ADa-feminista Publisher]. {{es}}
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** ''Feministisk teori: från marginal till centrum'', trans. Christian Nilsson, intro. Paulina de los Reyes, Lil´Lit Förlag, 2021, 220 pp. [http://lillitforlag.se/?page_id=33 Publisher]. {{sw}}
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** ''Feministisk teori: fra margin til centrum'', trans. Nanna Lund, Copenhagen: Information, 2023, 348 pp. [https://butik.information.dk/products/feministisk-teori Publisher]. {{da}}
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* [https://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/search/authors/bell%20hooks more]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks Wikipedia]
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Latest revision as of 22:01, 17 January 2025

Gloria Jean Watkins (25 September 1952 – 15 December 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author, professor, feminist, and social activist. The name "bell hooks" is borrowed from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.

The focus of hooks's writing was the intersectionality of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she described as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. She published more than 30 books and numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures. Her work addressed race, class, gender, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism. In 2014, she founded the bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.

Publications
  • Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, Boston: South End Press, 1984, 174 pp; 2nd ed., London: Pluto Press, 2000, xvii+179 pp; 3rd ed., Routledge, 2015, xviii+179 pp.
    • Burakku feminisuto no shucho [ブラック・フェミニストの主張: 周縁から中心へ], trans. 久美 清水, Tokyo: 勁草書房, 1997, 252 pp. (Japanese)
    • Nü quan zhu yi li lun: Cong bian yuan dao zhong xin [女权主义理论: 从边缘到中心], Nanjing: 江苏人民出版社, 2001. (Chinese)
    • P'eminijŭm: chubyŏn esŏ chungsim ŭro [페미니즘: 주변 에서 중심 으로], trans. 윤 은진, Seoul: 모티브 북, 2010. (Korean)
    • Teoria feministyczna: od marginesu do centrum, trans. Ewa Majewska, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, 2013, 240 pp; 2nd ed., 2022, 261 pp. Publisher. (Polish)
    • De la marge au centre: théorie féministe, trans. Noomi B. Grüsig, pref. Nassira Hedjerassi, Paris: Cambourakis, 2017, 298 pp; repr., 2024, 395 pp. Publisher. (French)
    • Beru fukkusu no fueminizumu riron: Shuhen kara [フェミニズム理論: 周辺から中心へ], Tokyo: あけび書房, 2017, 237 pp. (Japanese)
    • Teoria feminista: Da margem ao centro, intro. Claudia Pons Cardoso, trans. Rainer Patriota, Perspectiva, 2019, 256 pp, EPUB. Publisher. (Brazilian Portuguese)
    • Teoría feminista: de los márgenes al centro, trans. Ana Useros Martín, Madrid: Traficantes de Sueños, 2020, 259 pp. Trans. of 3rd ed. Publisher. (Spanish)
    • Feministisk teori: från marginal till centrum, trans. Christian Nilsson, intro. Paulina de los Reyes, Lil´Lit Förlag, 2021, 220 pp. Publisher. (Swedish)
    • Feministisk teori: fra margin til centrum, trans. Nanna Lund, Copenhagen: Information, 2023, 348 pp. Publisher. (Danish)
Links
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