by bell hooks
First published 1990
Yearning collects bell hooks' searing cultural criticism, scrutinizing everything from Spike Lee films to Toni Morrison novels. With a keen eye, hooks lays bare the structures of domination that shape our world, while celebrating the pleasure and power of marginalized voices. These piercing essays confront race, gender, and sexuality, offering a galvanizing vision of resistance and transformation. At the heart of Yearning lies hooks' belief that true change requires both incisive analysis and a reclamation of joy.
Genres: essays, feminism, african-american, biography-memoir, criticism, cultural, activism, academic
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: incisive-analysis, reclamation-of-joy
Setting: United States
Period: 1980-
248 pages · Paperback · South End Press