Black feminist thought

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Black feminist thought is a body of theory and scholarship that centers the lived experiences, knowledge, and resistance of Black women to analyze and challenge intersecting systems of racism, sexism, classism, and other forms of oppression.

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instanceOf academic field ⓘ
critical social theory ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ
intellectual tradition ⓘ
social movement theory ⓘ
aimsTo challenge intersecting systems of oppression ⓘ
empower Black women ⓘ
produce liberatory knowledge ⓘ
transform social institutions ⓘ
analyzes interlocking systems of oppression ⓘ
power relations ⓘ
representations of Black women ⓘ
social institutions ⓘ
critiques Eurocentric epistemologies ⓘ
essentialist views of womanhood ⓘ
patriarchy ⓘ
racism in feminist movements ⓘ
sexism in Black liberation movements ⓘ
white feminism ⓘ
developedIn United States ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
emphasizes Black women’s intellectual traditions ⓘ
collective experiences of Black women ⓘ
community accountability ⓘ
intersectionality ⓘ
praxis ⓘ
resistance to controlling images ⓘ
self-definition ⓘ
self-valuation ⓘ
standpoint of Black women ⓘ
focusesOn Black women’s knowledge production ⓘ
Black women’s resistance to oppression ⓘ
classism ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
epistemic injustice ⓘ
heterosexism ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
intersection of race and gender ⓘ
intersection of race, gender, and class ⓘ
lived experiences of Black women ⓘ
sexism ⓘ
structural racism ⓘ
hasKeyAuthor Angela Davis ⓘ
Audre Lorde ⓘ
Kimberlé Crenshaw ⓘ
Patricia Hill Collins ⓘ
bell hooks ⓘ
hasKeyConcept controlling images ⓘ
matrix of domination ⓘ
outsider within ⓘ
standpoint epistemology ⓘ
hasKeyText "Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment" ⓘ
relatedTo African American studies ⓘ
Black feminism ⓘ
critical race theory ⓘ
gender studies ⓘ
intersectional feminism ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
womanism ⓘ

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Are Prisons Obsolete? → influencedBy → Black feminist thought ⓘ
Combahee River Collective Statement → influenced → Black feminist theory ⓘ
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Patricia Hill Collins → fieldOfWork → Black feminist thought ⓘ
Patricia Hill Collins → hasAcademicDiscipline → African American feminist thought ⓘ
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Black feminist art → isBasedOn → Black feminist theory ⓘ
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Black beauty → linkedTo → Black feminist thought ⓘ
bell hooks Institute at Berea College → fieldOfWork → Black feminist thought ⓘ
Salvation: Black People and Love → mainSubject → Black feminist thought ⓘ
prison–industrial complex → analyzedIn → Black feminist theory ⓘ
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Ntozake Shange → influencedBy → Black feminist thought ⓘ
African American women → hasCulturalTradition → Black feminist thought ⓘ
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African American women → hasFieldOfStudy → Black feminist theory ⓘ
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Sister Outsider → influenced → Black feminist theory ⓘ
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On Intellectual Activism → mainSubject → Black feminist thought ⓘ
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Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex → contributesTo → Black feminist legal thought ⓘ
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critical race feminism → relatedTo → Black feminism ⓘ
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