Summary
From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women.
“Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.” - The New York Times
Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and cl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780394713519 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0394713516 |
| Author: | Angela Y. Davis |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 131mm x 15mm |
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“As useful an exposition of the current dilemmas of the women’s movement as one could hope for.”–Los Angeles Times Book Review
“As useful an exposition of the current dilemmas of the women’s movement as one could hope for.”–Los Angeles Times Book Review
About The Author
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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