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bell hooks
American author and activist (1952–2021)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 25 September 1952
- Died
- 15 December 2021
- Place of birth
- Hopkinsville
- Place of death
- Berea
- Sex or gender
- female
- Family name
- Watkins
- Field of work
- gender studies, critical race theory, literary activity, cultural criticism, media culture, ethnicity, gender, feminism, activism, intersectionality
- Occupation
- philosopher, university teacher, writer, non-fiction writer, literary scholar
- Citizenship
- United States
- Native language
- English
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Awards
- American Book Awards
- archives at
- Berea College
- birth name
- Gloria Jean Watkins
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- described by source
- Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, Notable Black American Women, American Women Writers, Contemporary Black Biography
- educated at
- Stanford University, Hopkinsville High School, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- employer
- University of Southern California, Yale University, Oberlin College, Berea College, City University of New York, San Francisco State University, City College of New York
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- influenced by
- Sojourner Truth, Paulo Freire, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Erich Fromm, Lorraine Hansberry, Thích Nhất Hạnh, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Toni Morrison
- languages spoken, written or signed
- American English, English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- notable work
- Ain't I a Woman?, All About Love: New Visions, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
- pseudonym
- bell hooks
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- social media followers
- 138458, 131567, 145721
- stylized name
- bell hooks
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Author of
- Ain't I a Woman?
- Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
- Ain't I a Woman?
- All About Love: New Visions
- Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
- We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
- Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
- Love Trilogy
- The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
- Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
- Sisters of the Yam
- The will to change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
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