Full Description
bell hooks was one of the most influential voices in critical and culturally responsive education. In recognition of the magnificence of bell's contributions to the field of education, this book is the first of its kind to bring together scholars, educators, and young people to honor her broad and deep legacy. Written in letter form, each chapter reflects how bell hooks' many influential books have shaped the lives and livelihoods of the people who have read them. Narrative in style and accessible to a wide audience of readers, this collection serves as a bridge between the philosophical and the practical components to bell's work, as authors demonstrate the direct influence and application of hooks' legacy in their lives. Love Letters to bell hooks is a wonderful companion to any of bell's other works and is especially relevant to undergraduate and graduate students of Education, as well as in-service educators pursuing professional development.
Contents
Part I: Love for Life and Learning; 1. Be me with me; 2. With Transgressive Love; 3. Holding Your Spirit in Love; 4. Thinking bell and Talking in hooks: A Reflection; 5. The Radical Open Heart of bell hooks; 6. The struggles of teaching and learning in the margins; 7. Life-Giving; 8. Wisdom In the Water: Understanding Myself Through Loving Connections with Sisters and Elders; 9. A Soul Forever Changed by Your Words; 10. Deep Gratitude for bell's Attunement to Nature; 11. Love, Belonging, and Inclusion; Part II: Love for Resistance and Transformation; 12. I Be Muslim; 13. What do you do when you don't get what you want?; 14. Journey Within as Resistance: Your Dhamma; 15. A Liminal Love Ethic: Love in the In-between; 16. My Dear Sista bell hooks; 17. Dear bell: A Swan Song; 18. Living Love: A Journey Toward Redefining Masculinity; 19. Letter to Gloria; 20. Silence and Quiet; 21. Homemade Love, an Author Study; Part III: Love for the Future; 22. I am a woman, I am a black woman; 23. "All about bell:" A love letter to bell hooks from a Black Woman hooksian scholar; 24. Anything is Possible: Striving for a Healthy Black Masculinity; 25. A Mother's Love: Reflections on Patriarchy and the Future of Boys; 26. Don't Look Back; 27. Reflections on Patriarchy, Christianity, and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary; 28. With Gratitude for Your Insistence of Love; 29. A Daughter's Love, A Mother's Love: Lessons from bell hooks; 30. Finding Hope From Despair; 31. Classroom Quilt: Skin Again Author Study
