Black feminist thought knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment / [electronic resource] :
Patricia Hill Collins.
- Rev. 10th anniversary ed.
- New York : Routledge, 2000.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 335 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-325) and index.
pt. 1. The social construction of black feminist thought. The politics of black feminist thought -- Distinguishing features of black feminist thought -- pt. 2. Core themes in black feminist thought. Work, family, and black women's oppression -- Mammies, matriarchs, and other controlling images -- The power of self-definition -- The sexual politics of black womanhood -- Black women's love relationships -- Black women and motherhood -- Rethinking black women's activism -- pt. 3. Black feminism, knowledge, and power. U.S. black feminism in transnational context -- Black feminist epistemology -- Toward a politics of empowerment.