Die Bedeutung von Klasse

The African American feminist bell hooks combines a very personal and autobiographical approach with a fundamental analysis of society and cultural criticism in this book. hooks strongly considers class from the perspective of everyday life and social movements, which she critiques in terms of their class politics and questions regarding their potential. She provides nuanced and empirically grounded analyses of the connections between racism, sexism, and capitalism/classism. Her personal experiences often serve as the starting point: as a black woman from the working class in the southern United States and as a class transitioner navigating a white, middle-class academic environment while striving to remain true to her roots. She writes about the lack of housing and money as a child, the inherent mutual support in her black community, the pride in the working class, and the simultaneous silence about class.