Feminist texts written by women of color

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Feminist texts written by women of color

mylifeasafeminista:

This list is still a work in progress, but I really wanted to get it posted. I have either read parts of/all of the texts below or they have been recommended to me. Please reblog and add your own suggestions to the list. Each time someone adds something new, I’ll go back to this original post and make sure to include them. Thanks and enjoy!

Books

Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis

Women Culture and Politics by Angela Davis

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Borderlands/La frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua

Aint I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks

Feminist Theory from Margin to Center by bell hooks

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty

Medicine Stories by Aurora Levins Morales

Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home by Anita Hill

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Smith

Anthologies

Companeras: Latina Lesbians by Juanita Ramos and the Lesbian History Project

Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez

This Bridge Called My Back edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa

this bridge we call home: radical visions for transformation edited by Gloria Anzaldúa and AnaLouise Keating

Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color edited by Gloria Anzaldúa

Women Writing Resistance: Essays from Latin America and the Caribbean edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez

Unequal Sisters edited by Ellen DuBois and Vicki Ruiz

The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology

Essays

“Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” by Adrienne Rich

“Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” by Kimberle Crenshaw

The Combahee River Collective Statement

Other authors and poets you should know

Maya Angelou

Toni Morrison

Alice Walker

Nawaal El Sadaawi

Mary Crow Dog

Zora Neale Hurston

Arundhati Roy

Zadie Smith

Dorothy Roberts

Nikki Giovanni

Reblogging for future reference.