About this title: The renowned writer on feminism and race draws on theory and experience once again--to tackle the ever present, yet strangely elusive, issue of class in American life.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN-13:9780415929134ISBN:041592913X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780415929134ISBN:041592913X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780415929134ISBN:041592913X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. Preface: where we stand introduction: class matters 1. class: all in the family 2. coming to consciousness 3. class and the politics of writing 4. the power of fantasy 5. the passion to possess 6. the politis of greed 7. being rich 8. class and race: the new black elite 9. feminism and class power 10. white poverty: the politics of invisibility 11/ solidarity with the poor 12. the me-me class: the young and the ruthless 13. class claims: real estate racism 14. living ... read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780415929110ISBN:0415929113
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. USED w/ sticker on spine. Extensive highlighting. Dog eared at places. Still in good shape for students or as a reading copy. FAST shipping. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 160 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2000-10-04
ISBN-13:9780415929134ISBN:041592913X
Description: Good. As pictured. Very light cover wear and 10 pages of underlining otherwise very good. Excellent customer service is our first priority. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE CHAPMAN HALL
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780415929134ISBN:041592913X
Description: New. Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan coop boards, bell hooks, one of America's most admired writers, delivers a successful black woman's reflection on how dilemmas of class and race are intertwined. Pub 10/00. read more
"Another great read by bell hooks. I've been on a bit of a bender where class issues are concerned (did you know that I own three books called "Class Matters"? Here's hoping for more creative titles in the future), and hooks' work has been the most personal and instructive that I've found thus far. She does a nice job of dissecting how our racist, capitalistic culture pits folks within the same class against each other, which keeps the few (the very rich) in power and the masses (low income and poor folks) yearning for more material goods rather than change in the current system. I loved her essays on living simply, feminism and class power, and crossing class differences, and found myself reading out loud to my partner the following passage:
"...commitment to Christian ethics directly challenges allegiance to any economic system that encourages one group to have and hoard material plenty while others do without...our work is grounded in the understanding that God calls us to care for and move into solidarity with those who have been - for whatever reason - excluded from society." This, to me, is a wonderfully articulated statement about what it means to be spiritual, that seems to be lost on the so-called religious right these days.
I did find hooks to be repetitive at times (which is understandable given that she uses her own life story through multiple lenses -class mobility, feminism, real estate racism), so I dock a star for that. Otherwise, a very satisfying read that will stick with you long after you put it down."
"I respect and agree with her fundamental point that the discussion of issues of class is muted at best, but it does not engage in thorough analysis. It's passionate, polemical writing, and I think, as a result, much is simplified and reduced for the sake of sticking to "party lines," in a sense."
"a book that pretends to be an academic account of class in the united states as well as a study of class within the american society. however the book is nothing more than conjecture and personal accounting more than it is research and study. there is more rhetoric in this book than in any cornell west book i have ever read, which i thought would be hard to surpass, and which further separates the author from any academic rating with ethereal and undefined terms such as "a just society" and "justice". the use of these terms with no clear consensus as to their meaning makes them mean whatever the reader feels they should mean and is most likely the point of their ambiguity- to endear the reader to these ideas instead of a solid thesis or outlined plan. the usage of the same style of rhetoric as the founding fathers is annoying, vague terms left up in the air. a constant complaint book from an author who could be a powerful writer but instead leaves us with a petty criticism rather than a penetrating look at issues of class within the society."
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