Book Review: bell hooks, Ain’t I A Woman: black women and feminism


  In Bell Hooks’ seminal book, Ain’t I A Woman: black women and feminism, she is angry, disappointed, highly critical, and leaves no stone unturned. Everyone and everything falls under her critical magnifying glass of historical observation of white male patriarchal oppression, critically examining the failure of various historical freedom movements to include black women. Hooks argues …