A manual for fixing our culture...In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple [hooks]
gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to
process.-Black Issues Book Review New York Times bestselling author acclaimed visionary and
cultural critic bell hooks continues her exploration of the meaning of love in contemporary
American society offering groundbreaking critical insight about Black people and love.
Written from both historical and cultural perspectives Salvation takes an incisive look at the
transformative power of love in the lives of African Americans. Whether talking about the
legacy of slavery relationships and marriage in Black life the prose and poetry of Martin
Luther King Jr. James Baldwin and Maya Angelou the liberation movements of the 1950s 60s
and 70s or hip hop and gangsta rap culture hooks lets us know what love's got to do with it.
Combining the passionate politics of W.E.B. DuBois with fresh contemporary insights hooks
brilliantly offers new visions that will heal our nation's wounds from a culture of
lovelessness. Her writings on love and its impact on race class family history and popular
culture will help us heal and create beloved American communities.
