But Some Of Us Are Brave (2nd Ed.) (Paperback)

Gloria T. Hull

ISBN 10: 1558618988 / ISBN 13: 9781558618985

Published by Feminist Press at The City University of New York, New York, 2015

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Paperback. Published in 1982,But Some of Us Are Brave was the first-ever Black women's studies reader and a foundational text of contemporary feminism.Featuringwritingfrom eminent scholars, activists, teachers, and writers, such as the Combahee River Collective and Alice Walker,All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Bravechallenges the absence of Black feminist thought in women's studies, confronts racism, and investigates the mythology surrounding Black women in the social sciences.As the first comprehensive collection of Black feminist scholarship,But Some of Us Are Brave was recognized by Audre Lorde as "the beginning of a new era, where the 'women' in women's studies will no longer mean 'white.'"CoeditorsAkasha (Gloria T.) Hull,Patricia Bell-Scott, andBarbara Smithare authors and former women's studies professors.Brittney C. Cooper is aprofessor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University. She is the author of several books, includingEloquent Rage, named by Emma Watson as an Our Shared Shelf read for November/December 2018. This beloved, groundbreaking collection created the necessary coursework to develop the field of black women's studies in the US. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: But Some Of Us Are Brave (2nd Ed.) (Paperback)
• Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558618988
• ISBN 13: 9781558618985
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Published in 1982, But Some of Us Are Brave was the first-ever Black women's studies reader and a foundational text of contemporary feminism. 

Featuring writing from eminent scholars, activists, teachers, and writers, such as the Combahee River Collective and Alice Walker, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Bravechallenges the absence of Black feminist thought in women’s studies, confronts racism, and investigates the mythology surrounding Black women in the social sciences. 

As the first comprehensive collection of Black feminist scholarship, But Some of Us Are Brave was recognized by Audre Lorde as “the beginning of a new era, where the ‘women’ in women’s studies will no longer mean ‘white.’” 

Coeditors Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, and Barbara Smith are authors and former women's studies professors. Brittney C. Cooper is a professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University. She is the author of several books, including Eloquent Rage, named by Emma Watson as an Our Shared Shelf read for November/December 2018.