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by Bell Hooks

ISBN: 080504146X
ISBN13: 978-0805041460
Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co; 1st edition (October 1, 1997)
Pages: 260
Category: Social Sciences
Subategory: Sociology

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Wounds of Passion by bell hooks is an autobiography that explains the struggles of a very . This book is not merely a memoir of bell hooks' writing life.

Wounds of Passion by bell hooks is an autobiography that explains the struggles of a very -woman-writer from the South struggling through a difficult childhood then later trying to adapt to the "foreignness" of the academic world of California. Just like hooks, this book is not easily placed into a clearly defined category. It presents several strong statements about American society and how difficult it is (even down to the family level) to be independent and to challenge the status quo.

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Information about the book, Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life: the Nonfiction, Paperback, by bell hooks (Holt Paperbacks, Jan 15, 1999). With her customary boldness and insight, Bell Hooks critically reflects on the impact of birth control and the women’s movement on our lives. Resisting the notion that love and writing don’t mix, she begins a fifteen-year relationship with a gifted poet and scholar, who inspires and encourages her.

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San Francisco Chronicle best-seller. Wounds of Passion is a memoir about writing, love, and sexuality Writing the acclaimed book Ain't I a Woman. With her customary boldness and insight, Bell Hooks critically reflects on the impact of birth control and the women's movement on our lives. Resisting the notion that love and writing don't mix, she begins a fifteen-year relationship with a gifted poet and scholar, who inspires and encourages her. Writing the acclaimed book Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism at the age of nineteen, she begins to emerge as a brilliant social critic and public intellectual.

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Wounds of Passion is a memoir about writing, love, and sexuality. bell hooks uses writing to get at the truth of who she is, and this memoir of how she moves from childhood to a mutually dependent relationship to autonomy has taught me much about race, gender and identity in our society.

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The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the "100 Visionaries Who Can . Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks is the author of more than 17 books.

The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the "100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life. For the first couple of chapters, I was really into it but then at a certain point, it felt like she kept going on a tangent and then remember.

A glimpse into the author's transition into womanhood describes leaving Kentucky to pursue her dreams at Stanford and becoming a successful writer, and details her involvement with feminism, the publication of her first book, and other personal events

Comments:

Vizil

I was very pleased with this book, and I would read it again. I know some my feel it controversial, but it is a great book to those who can relate to African American women and the way that society views us as a whole in some cases. I would recommend this book to other people who have an open mind without negative critical racial views.

Modred

This book was recommended to me by a friend as a great tool to help me find my own voice in writing. It was great to learn about bell hooks' struggle to become who she is. Many of the fears that she faced were fostered by her childhood and I know that story. I enjoyed it very much and recommend it highly for aspiring writers and progressive women.

Mbon

I have read so many of bell's books, and she is by far one of my most favorite authors; her work has greatly influenced my own thinking and writing. No one with a bit of openness and academic integrity can reject the wealth of insight bell has offered to feminism, race theory, and cultural studies.
With such a prolific career, however, there will be inevitable ups and downs. Without a doubt, bell's earliest works (ain't i a women, yearning, from margin to center, talking back...) are among her most groundbreaking; these works set the standard for studying race and gender as interrelated social phenomena. some of her later works lack the novelty and texture of her vintage writing.
for this reason, i am THRILLED to see wounds of passion. i love this book. having read bell's other books, i can appreciate the story she is telling -- it is interesting to see how her life experiences contribute to her academic writing. for those who describe the book as "self indulgent," self-centered, etc. Guess what? IT'S AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY!!! TO WHOM SHOULD SHE HAVE GIVEN THE ATTENTION????! Anyway, the book reveals how writing is often a mechanism for processing life's trials and tribulations. Congratulations, bell, on another wonderful work.

Kann

Wounds of Passion by bell hooks is an autobiography that explains the struggles of a very independent-nonconforming-feminist-black-woman-writer from the South struggling through a difficult childhood then later trying to adapt to the "foreignness" of the academic world of California. Just like hooks, this book is not easily placed into a clearly defined category. It could be at home among works of women's studies, feminism, African-American studies, cultural criticism, or autobiographies, just to name a few. This book is not merely a memoir of bell hooks' writing life. It presents several strong statements about American society and how difficult it is (even down to the family level) to be independent and to challenge the status quo. She calls the reader to bear witness to her pain and struggles throughout her life as a black female writer.
Two intertwining voices throughout the book make it a very interesting and unique narrative. As one voice is telling the story through time as the events are happening, another voice is looking back at these events as a third person in the here-and-now. This gives a reader more than the normal single-perspective and brings the reader a little closer to the story she's telling.
One of the many statements hooks makes with Wounds of Passion is blackness does not have a universal truth. This is exemplified by the following quote explaining the fundamental differences between her and her boyfriend Mack (who was born and raised in California) throughout their long, rocky relationship. Hooks explains, "He does not feel the pain of Jim Crow. Shared black skin does not draw them closer. Her kinda blackness is strange to him. His kinda blackness I've heard about but find it hard to believe" (52).
Many social issues surface in Wounds of Passion such as domestic violence, conflicting feminist views among black and white women, racial issues of the South, stereotypes, issues of social class, and several others. But hooks does not preach or prescribe any concrete "solutions" to these problems. She seems to merely want people to recognize these problems exist, and with that acknowledgment, be taking the first step in the overall solution.
She speaks many times about how poetry and words are a place for her to escape from the harsh reality of everyday life and how she moves beyond the boundaries of race and class through books (105). "Poetry is a place of transcendence" (109). Poetry is often a place where gender and race is not usually evident or important in the words and their meanings.
Although there's never any doubt that bell hooks is a feminist black woman, she says in the following quote about two good friends of her and Mack: "Their gayness is both significant and not solely defining. This is how she wants to feel about blackness, that it can always be significant without being the only aspect of her identity that matters. The same is true of being a woman" (237-238). This outlook will hopefully be the "norm" someday. Wounds of Passion will definitely help get us there.

RUsich155

This insight to a black woman's life learning her craft of writing is insightful and very revealing. Those who have read Ms. hooks knows she leaves no leave unturned and has a no-holds approach to telling it like it is. The abuse, both physical and mental she witnessed in her childhood home must have been painful to relive. In expressing how it was to both want to follow her love of writing and loving a black man with the same ambition is a testament to her perserverance. When she found that she was being stifled she knew she had to choose for her own well-being. Loving and writing. Can the two be done? I recommend this book as a part of black women writers.

Ghordana

What a treat for her fans and admirers. This is a glimpse into a brilliant mind and a radiant soul. It's also a precious companion for many black women struggling with the double loneliness and struggle of life in america and the writing life anywhere. How gracious of her to share more of her personal history with us.
Her observations are wise. Her grasp of history is absolute. Her ideas stimulate intelligent and loving thought, conversation, and action. Read this book.

Asher

I first became interested in bell hooks, with her impressive way of outing hypocrisy among her contemporaries of academia. Then I realized she is much like them, but much louder. Of all the sanctimonious darlings of academic priviledge who are publishing books like this nowadays, hooks is perhaps the least talented author. As a feminist I am pleased to note that she really has had a beneficial influence upon contemporary feminism on campuses, pointing to the mixed blessings of white feminists from priviledged backgrounds who must also combat patriarchy. However, hooks is so full of herself that I don't think she realizes what a sloppy and predictable writer she is, echoing other people's opinions without noticing that she can do nothing except assume or reject their opinions of her. None too talented, but a live wire, at least within academic communities.