Black feminist thought: knowledge, consciousness and the politics of empowerment

Abstract

In Black Feminist Thought, Collins draws from the experiences of oppression and resistance of black women in the US multifaceted intellectual expressions that, although specific and heterogeneous, share a coherence in terms of thematic content, interpretative references, epistemological approaches and importance for political organization. Thus, the author distinguishes and systematizes, as a specific critical theoretical field, black feminist thought.