AccomplishmentsAlong with teaching, Hooks has continued to publish work throughout her career. She published Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center while still lecturing at Santa Cruz in 1984 and followed it in 1989 with Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black. She then produced three books in three years: Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics in 1990; Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life, which she wrote with Cornel West, in 1991; and Black Looks: Race and Representation in 1992. Her essays frequently appear in a publications that range from the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion to Essence. |
Hooks is frequently cited by feminists as having provided the best solution to the difficulty of defining something as diverse as "feminism", addressing the problem that if feminism can mean everything, it means nothing. She asserts an answer to the question, "what is feminism?"
In total, she has published more than 30 books, ranging in topics from black men, patriarchy, and masculinity to self-help, to personal memoirs, and sexuality. She still believes that critical examination is key to gaining self-empowerment and overthrowing systems of domination. In 2004, hooks began teaching as a distinguished professor at Berea College. She continues to be a provocative feminist theorist influencing women of a new generation. Hooks also spends time lecturing on topics such as race and feminism and how it is affected by mainstream media.
In total, she has published more than 30 books, ranging in topics from black men, patriarchy, and masculinity to self-help, to personal memoirs, and sexuality. She still believes that critical examination is key to gaining self-empowerment and overthrowing systems of domination. In 2004, hooks began teaching as a distinguished professor at Berea College. She continues to be a provocative feminist theorist influencing women of a new generation. Hooks also spends time lecturing on topics such as race and feminism and how it is affected by mainstream media.