Family and Relations : Homeplace- Bell Hooks
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Running Head: FAMILY AND RELATIONS
Family and Relations
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author's Note:
Family and Relations
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author's Note:
FAMILY AND RELATIONS1
Table of Contents
Homeplace- Bell Hooks.............................................................................................................2
Critical Thinking and Critical Theory........................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................5
Table of Contents
Homeplace- Bell Hooks.............................................................................................................2
Critical Thinking and Critical Theory........................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................5
FAMILY AND RELATIONS2
Homeplace- Bell Hooks
The article is based on the devaluation of the black women struggle and the role of
caring and nurturing provider as the concept of being a 'natural state' instead of being an
effort of conscious and intentional effort. The concept of mother worship as depicted in
several narratives and their denotation of the overtly caring nature of black women as
mothers who provide and sacrifices as shown to be their natural state takes away the worth of
their effort. There are several vital points which Hooks establishes her point throughout the
article, the first of which is the foundation laid by the black women of their homes.
The construction of homes as a place where they were not the objective of racism and
an entity society which is looked upon but rather a space for children and black men to be
subjective to life and its meaning. It is noted in the description of visits made to
grandmother's house explained explicitly that it was not merely her house but both her
grandparent'. But she referred it to as her house due to her commitment to make it the free
space. A space where they did not exist as a black person but as an individual wholly with the
words denoting the seriousness with which it is perceived in the young minds: "In our young
minds houses belonged to women, were their special domain, not as property, but as a places
where all that truly mattered in life took place- the warmth, the shelter, the feeding of our
bodies, the nurturing of our souls." (Hooks 1990) It had enhanced value due to the short
stretch that had to be covered from the White locality was the symbol of being an outsider
after which the arrival and the sights of the yard gave the feeling of 'homecoming'.
The struggle is accentuated by the fact that the efforts and the struggle of the women
are being devalued and forgotten. This, she explains, is because the effort was not translated
into the theory of conscious decolonization by the women. Moreover, their struggle has not
ceased to be as they still work among the Whites and for them in order to create a home for
them. It leads to another dimension of struggle in the form of lack of time to create their
Homeplace- Bell Hooks
The article is based on the devaluation of the black women struggle and the role of
caring and nurturing provider as the concept of being a 'natural state' instead of being an
effort of conscious and intentional effort. The concept of mother worship as depicted in
several narratives and their denotation of the overtly caring nature of black women as
mothers who provide and sacrifices as shown to be their natural state takes away the worth of
their effort. There are several vital points which Hooks establishes her point throughout the
article, the first of which is the foundation laid by the black women of their homes.
The construction of homes as a place where they were not the objective of racism and
an entity society which is looked upon but rather a space for children and black men to be
subjective to life and its meaning. It is noted in the description of visits made to
grandmother's house explained explicitly that it was not merely her house but both her
grandparent'. But she referred it to as her house due to her commitment to make it the free
space. A space where they did not exist as a black person but as an individual wholly with the
words denoting the seriousness with which it is perceived in the young minds: "In our young
minds houses belonged to women, were their special domain, not as property, but as a places
where all that truly mattered in life took place- the warmth, the shelter, the feeding of our
bodies, the nurturing of our souls." (Hooks 1990) It had enhanced value due to the short
stretch that had to be covered from the White locality was the symbol of being an outsider
after which the arrival and the sights of the yard gave the feeling of 'homecoming'.
The struggle is accentuated by the fact that the efforts and the struggle of the women
are being devalued and forgotten. This, she explains, is because the effort was not translated
into the theory of conscious decolonization by the women. Moreover, their struggle has not
ceased to be as they still work among the Whites and for them in order to create a home for
them. It leads to another dimension of struggle in the form of lack of time to create their
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