Breaking Bread
Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
By bell hooks, Cornel West | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and joys of Black intellectual life. The two friends and comrades in struggle talk, argue, and disagree about everything from community to capitalism in a series of intimate conversations that range from playful to probing to revelatory. In evoking the act of breaking bread, the book calls upon the various traditions of sharing that take place in domestic, secular, and sacred life where people come together to give themselves, to nurture life, to renew their spirits, sustain their hopes, and to make a lived politics of revolutionary struggle an ongoing practice.
This 25th anniversary edition continues the dialogue with \"In Solidarity,\" their 2016 conversation at the bell hooks Institute on racism, politics, popular culture and the contemporary Black experience.
Editions of Breaking Bread
- EBook
- ISBN 9781315437071
- PDF
- ISBN 9781315437088
Read an Excerpt
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and joys of Black intellectual life. The two friends and comrades in struggle talk, argue, and disagree about everything from community to capitalism in a series of intimate conversations that range from playful to probing to revelatory. In evoking the act of breaking bread, the book calls upon the various traditions of sharing that take place in domestic, secular, and sacred life where people come together to give themselves, to nurture life, to renew their spirits, sustain their hopes, and to make a lived politics of revolutionary struggle an ongoing practice.
This 25th anniversary edition continues the dialogue with \"In Solidarity,\" their 2016 conversation at the bell hooks Institute on racism, politics, popular culture and the contemporary Black experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Breaking Bread about?
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and joys of Black intellectual life. The two friends and comrades in struggle talk, argue, and disagree about everything from community to capitalism in a series of intimate conversations that range from playful to probing to revelatory. In evoking the act of breaking bread, the book calls upon the various traditions of sharing that take place in domestic, secular, and sacred life where people come together to give themselves, to nurture life, to renew their spirits, sustain their hopes, and to make a lived politics of revolutionary struggle an ongoing practice.
This 25th anniversary edition continues the dialogue with \"In Solidarity,\" their 2016 conversation at the bell hooks Institute on racism, politics, popular culture and the contemporary Black experience.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Breaking Bread?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Cultural and media studies > Cultural studies
Where can I read a sample of Breaking Bread?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781315437071
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Breaking Bread?
bell hooks, Cornel West
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Breaking Bread is available as ebook(ISBN 9781315437071) and pdf(ISBN 9781315437088)