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bell hooks, pseudonym of Gloria Jean Watkins, is an American author, professor, feminist, and social activist. She grew up in the rural, segregated South and is well known for her conceptualization of intersectionality, particularly in considering feminism. She has been in the education profession for over twenty years. Please review this amazing article, How bell hooks Paved the Way for Intersectional Feminism, about her work and ideas!
https://www.them.us/story/bell-hooks
hooks was inspired by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and his ideas about critical pedagogy. She offers an experience for educators to consider a revolutionary way of thinking about education.
Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and concepts of engaged pedagogy and praxis
Her use of structure reinforces her beliefs about engaged pedagogy, reflection, personal narratives, embracing the struggle, and respecting the process of theory into practice.
bell hooks intentionally structured the piece as a collection of essays to make the material accessible to a variety of readers. This directly exhibits her ideas about the tension between theory and practice (sometimes the language of theory is used to separate and perpetuate inequalities in class, race, and gender). She includes nontraditional elements of structure, to include a chapter which is strictly dialgoue between herself and her writing voice, a chapter which is dialogue between herself and a colleague, and an intentionally blank page to construe a thoeretical idea for the audience.
Essays that resonated with me:
3. Embracing Change
7. Holding My Sister's Hand
11. Language