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Belonging - A Culture of Place (Hardcover)
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Belonging - A Culture of Place (Hardcover)
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What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a
member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These
are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned
cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book, Belonging: A
Culture of Place. Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a
cyclical journey in which hooks moves from place to place, from
country to city and back again, only to end where she began--her
old Kentucky home. hooks has written provocatively about race,
gender, and class; and in this book she turns her attention to
focus on issues of land and land ownership. Reflecting on the fact
that 90% of all black people lived in the agrarian South before
mass migration to northern cities in the early 1900s, she writes
about black farmers, about black folks who have been committed both
in the past and in the present to local food production, to being
organic, and to finding solace in nature. Naturally, it would be
impossible to contemplate these issues without thinking about the
politics of race and class. Reflecting on the racism that continues
to find expression in the world of real estate, she writes about
segregation in housing and economic racialized zoning. In these
critical essays, hooks finds surprising connections that link of
the environment and sustainability to the politics of race and
class that reach far beyond Kentucky. With characteristic insight
and honesty, Belonging offers a remarkable vision of a world where
all people--wherever they may call home--can live fully and well,
where everyone can belong.
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