Hood feminism : notes from the women that a movement forgot /
In this collection of essays, Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement. She argues that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking,
[2020]
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| Summary: | In this collection of essays, Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement. She argues that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 267 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-267). |
| ISBN: | 9780525560548 0525560548 |