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Belonging : A Culture of Place by bell. hooks (2008, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-10041596816X

ISBN-139780415968164

eBay Product ID (ePID)4038260092

Product Key Features

Book TitleBelonging : a Culture of Place

Number of Pages230 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEthnic Studies / General, Human Geography, Astronomy, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Science

AuthorBell. Hooks

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-021846

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal305.48/8960730769092

Table Of Content1. PREFACE: to know where I'm going 2. kentucky is my fate 3. mountains: consumed by suffering 4. touching the earth 5. reclamation and reconciliation 6. to be whole and holy 7. again - segregation must end 8. representations of whiteness in the black imagination 9. drive through tobacco 10. earthbound: on solid ground 11. an aesthetics of blackness: strange and oppositional 12. inspired eccentricity 13. a place where the soul can rest 14. aesthetic inheritances: history worked by hand 15. piecing it all together 16. on being a kentucky writer 17. returning to the wound 18. healing talk: a conversation 19. take back the night - remake the present 20. habits of the heart 21. a community of care

SynopsisWhat does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book, Belonging: A Culture of Place . Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which hooks moves from place to place, from country to city and back again, only to end where she began--her old Kentucky home. hooks has written provocatively about race, gender, and class; and in this book she turns her attention to focus on issues of land and land ownership. Reflecting on the fact that 90% of all black people lived in the agrarian South before mass migration to northern cities in the early 1900s, she writes about black farmers, about black folks who have been committed both in the past and in the present to local food production, to being organic, and to finding solace in nature. Naturally, it would be impossible to contemplate these issues without thinking about the politics of race and class. Reflecting on the racism that continues to find expression in the world of real estate, she writes about segregation in housing and economic racialized zoning. In these critical essays, hooks finds surprising connections that link of the environment and sustainability to the politics of race and class that reach far beyond Kentucky. With characteristic insight and honesty, Belonging offers a remarkable vision of a world where all people--wherever they may call home--can live fully and well, where everyone can belong., What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book, Belonging: A Culture of Place. Traversing past and present, Belongingcharts a cyclical journey in which hooks moves from place to place, from country to city and back again, only to end where she began--her old Kentucky home. hooks has written provocatively about race, gender, and class; and in this book she turns her attention to focus on issues of land and land ownership. Reflecting on the fact that 90% of all black people lived in the agrarian South before mass migration to northern cities in the early 1900s, she writes about black farmers, about black folks who have been committed both in the past and in the present to local food production, to being organic, and to finding solace in nature. Naturally, it would be impossible to contemplate these issues without thinking about the politics of race and class. Reflecting on the racism that continues to find expression in the world of real estate, she writes about segregation in housing and economic racialized zoning. In these critical essays, hooks finds surprising connections that link of the environment and sustainability to the politics of race and class that reach far beyond Kentucky. With characteristic insight and honesty, Belonging offers a remarkable vision of a world where all people--wherever they may call home--can live fully and well, where everyone can belong.

LC Classification NumberHQ503.H76 2009