bell hooks

bell hooks

Deceased · Born: Sep 25, 1952 · Died: Dec 15, 2021

Personal Details

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Born Sep 25, 1952 Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
Parents
  • Veodis Watkins
  • Rosa Bell Oldman Watkins
Relatives
  • Gwenda Motley (Sibling)
  • Sarah Chambers (Sibling)
  • Valeria Watkins (Sibling)
  • Angela Malone (Sibling)
  • Kenneth Watkins (Sibling)

Biography

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions. In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.

Career

2018
Hillbilly
Hillbilly
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2004
2002
Baadasssss Cinema
Baadasssss Cinema
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1997
My Feminism
My Feminism
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1994
Black Is... Black Ain't
2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me