Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards,Where We Standis a successful black woman’s reflection–personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest–on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them.

bell hookswas an influential cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Celebrated as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, she was a charismatic speaker and writer who taught and lectured around the world. Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks was the author of more than 17 books, including theNew York TimesbestsellerAll About Love: New Visions;Salvation: Black People and Love;Communion: the Female Search for Love, as well as the landmark memoirBone Black: Memories of Girlhood.

• Publisher:Routledge (October 4, 2000)
• Language:English
• Paperback:164 pages
• ISBN-10:041592913X
• ISBN-13:9780415929134
• Lexile measure:1300L
• Item Weight:8 ounces
• Dimensions:6 x 0.4 x 9 inches