Gloria Jean Watkins
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Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an influential American author, feminist theorist, and cultural critic whose work focused on race, gender, class, and intersectionality.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gloria Jean Watkins canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
author
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cultural critic ⓘ educator ⓘ essayist ⓘ feminist theorist ⓘ human ⓘ social activist ⓘ |
| birthName | Gloria Jean Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-09-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-12-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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University of California, Santa Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
class analysis
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cultural criticism ⓘ education ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ gender studies ⓘ intersectionality ⓘ race studies ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Gloria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary Black feminist thought
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intersectional feminist theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Sojourner Truth
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bell hooks' great-grandmother (namesake "Bell Hooks") ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Black feminism
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intersectional feminism ⓘ womanism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism
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All About Love: New Visions NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Looks: Race and Representation NERFINISHED ⓘ Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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public intellectual ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| penName | bell hooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berea, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Berea College
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City College of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Oberlin College NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle | lowercase pen name "bell hooks" to emphasize ideas over identity ⓘ |
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