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Reading Bell Hooks’s “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory

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Reading Bell Hooks’s “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory

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The concept of triple oppression theory was first coined by Louise Thompson Patterson to introduce the stratified oppression of black women. Later the concept was developed by some black socialists one of whom was Claudia Jones who popularized it with the assertion that black women synchronously encounter three kinds of oppression based on race, gender, and class. As the theory underlines that there is a relation among these three types of oppression, it considers it necessary that all three types need to be overcome at once. Considering the triple oppression theory (also referred as double jeopardy, Jane Crow, or triple exploitation) and Bell Hooks’s monograph, this article aims to underline how the three malign thoughts, namely racism, capitalism, and patriarchy cooperate with each other to subjugate, colonize, oppress, and exploit their others. It concludes that the incentive of oppression, subjugation, colonization, and exploitation, which is likely to be named as ‘the imperial desire’ is a primordial archetype in human nature. It is a matter of the greed for the power. Hence, it is likely to assert that all the malicious and catastrophic praxes are the resultant of the pursuit for power. Accordingly, to minimize the destruction and malicious resultants stemmed from that instinctive primordial imperial desire, (desire for controlling political, economic, cultural assets of the others), it is essential to disperse and diffuse the power. As postmodern scholars put it: ‘if power is everywhere, then it is nowhere”.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Aralık 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

21 Mayıs 2021

Kabul Tarihi

19 Ağustos 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Taş, M. R. (2021). Reading Bell Hooks’s “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 6(2), 203-209. https://doi.org/10.33905/bseusbed.940584
AMA
1.Taş MR. Reading Bell Hooks’s “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2021;6(2):203-209. doi:10.33905/bseusbed.940584
Chicago
Taş, Mehmet Recep. 2021. “Reading Bell Hooks’s ‘Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism’ through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 6 (2): 203-9. https://doi.org/10.33905/bseusbed.940584.
EndNote
Taş MR (01 Aralık 2021) Reading Bell Hooks’s “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 6 2 203–209.
IEEE
[1]M. R. Taş, “Reading Bell Hooks’s ‘Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism’ through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory”, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 6, sy 2, ss. 203–209, Ara. 2021, doi: 10.33905/bseusbed.940584.
ISNAD
Taş, Mehmet Recep. “Reading Bell Hooks’s ‘Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism’ through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 6/2 (01 Aralık 2021): 203-209. https://doi.org/10.33905/bseusbed.940584.
JAMA
1.Taş MR. Reading Bell Hooks’s “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2021;6:203–209.
MLA
Taş, Mehmet Recep. “Reading Bell Hooks’s ‘Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism’ through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 6, sy 2, Aralık 2021, ss. 203-9, doi:10.33905/bseusbed.940584.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Recep Taş. Reading Bell Hooks’s “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” through the lens of Triple Oppression Theory. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2021;6(2):203-9. doi:10.33905/bseusbed.940584

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