Bell hooks on Gender, Racism, Sexism and Capitalism : A Study with the Perspective of Feminism and Black Feminism

Lakshmi Kumari *

Abstract

Bell Hooks, a radical feminist, expanded the concept of feminism outside the confines of middle-class, white families with her scholarship.She used a lowercase spelling of her name and intended for it to draw attention away from her identity as a solitary figure and toward the important concepts she wrote about. Love is a transformational power, and she highlighted that this has been the foundation of every significant social justice movement. She was a vociferous advocate for the depiction of Black culture in music, movies, and other artistic endeavours. Her work addressed love, race, class, gender, art, history, sexuality, mass, media and feminism. In addition to providing fresh insight into politics and society from a racist and patriarchal perspective, bell hooks’ interdisciplinary and transgressive thought, theoretical critique, and transnational perspective also discuss “living political discourse,” which challenges the current political climate and empowers us to “speak the unspeakable.”

Keywords

Feminism social justice love and race class and gender art and history patriarchy Black culture political discourse.

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Journal Information

The Interiors

Volume 13, Issue 1

ISSN: 2319-4804

Published: January 2024

Citation

Kumari, L. (2026). "Bell hooks on Gender, Racism, Sexism and Capitalism : A Study with the Perspective of Feminism and Black Feminism". The Interiors, 13(1), pp. 249-260.

Corresponding Author

Lakshmi Kumari

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