Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

Davis, Angela; Philosophy Documentation Center

doi:10.5840/teachphil199316449

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Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment

Davis, Angela, Philosophy Documentation Center·1993·Teaching Philosophy

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In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought.

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Authors: Davis, A., & Philosophy Documentation Center
Corresponding author: Davis, Angela
Venue: Teaching Philosophy
Publisher: Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: 1993
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Pages: 351-353
ISSN: 0145-5788 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.5840/teachphil199316449
OpenAlex: W2327079223
Cited by: 137
References: 0
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 5.31
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Teaching Philosophy (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminism, Gender, and Intersectionality
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
Keywords: Black feminist thought, Black feminism, feminist philosophy, race and gender

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