bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation (1997)
• January 1st, 1997 • 1h 0min
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Overview
bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under analysis, she makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism.
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