In the first major update to this classic book in many years, Collins
traces the history and contours of Black women's ideas and actions to
argue that Black feminist thought is the discourse that fosters Black
women's survival, persistence, and success against the odds. Through
meticulous research that synthesizes the important intellectual work
done by Black women, Collins's timely update demonstrates that Black
women's ideas and actions are not marginal concerns but rather are
central to the future of social justice within democratic societies.
The combination of the text's classic arguments and a preface and
epilogue written expressly for this edition speak to people who have
long been working on social justice and to a new generation of
readers who are encountering the ideas and actions of Black women for
the first time.
For this 30th year anniversary edition, Patricia Hill Collins
examines how the ideas in this classic text speak to co
