Black feminist thought

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academic field critical social theory feminist theory intellectual tradition social movement theory

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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Label	Occurrences
Black feminist thought canonical	7
Black feminist theory	2
African American feminist thought	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: "Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment"
relatedTo	African American studies ⓘ Black feminist movement ⓘ surface form: Black feminism critical race theory ⓘ gender studies ⓘ intersectional feminism ⓘ political theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ womanism ⓘ

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Black feminist movement → associatedConcept → Black feminist thought ⓘ

Afro-Latin American literature → relatedTo → Black feminist thought ⓘ

prison abolition movement → associatedWith → Black feminist thought ⓘ

Are Prisons Obsolete? → influencedBy → Black feminist thought ⓘ

Combahee River Collective Statement → influenced → Black feminist thought ⓘ

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Patricia Hill Collins → fieldOfWork → Black feminist thought ⓘ

Patricia Hill Collins → hasAcademicDiscipline → Black feminist thought ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American feminist thought

Black feminist art → isBasedOn → Black feminist thought ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black feminist theory

Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women’s Writing → concerns → Black feminist thought ⓘ

Black beauty → linkedTo → Black feminist thought ⓘ