Teaching to Transgress - (Harvest in Translation) by Bell Hooks (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Widely admired as a leading black intellectual, hooks is also an inspired teacher. Her ideas and essays about teaching fundamentally rethink democratic participation and face squarely the problems of today's classrooms, including racism and sexism.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>After reading <em>Teaching to Transgress</em> I am once again struck by bell hooks's never-ending, unquiet intellectual energy, an energy that makes her radical and loving. <strong>-- Paulo Freire</strong></p><p>In <em><strong>Teaching to Transgress</strong>, </em>bell hooks--writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual--writes about a new kind of education, <em>education as the practice of freedom</em>. Teaching students to transgress against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for hooks, the teacher's most important goal.</p><p>bell hooks speaks to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom?</p><p>Full of passion and politics, <strong><em>Teaching to Transgress </em></strong>combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings. This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself.</p><p>To educate is the practice of freedom, writes bell hooks, is a way of teaching anyone can learn. <strong><em>Teaching to Transgress </em></strong>is the<strong><em> </em></strong>record of one gifted teacher's struggle to make classrooms work.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"After reading <em>Teaching to Transgress</em> I am once again struck by bell hooks's never-ending, unquiet intellectual energy, an energy that makes her radical and loving." -- Paulo Freire</p> <p>"Passionately defines the Black feminist point of view that needs to be reflected upon in classroom discussions." -- <em>Contemporary Education</em></p><em></em> <p><br>"<em>Teaching to Transgress</em> by bell hooks is a book that I not only love, but assign every semester to my Introduction to Women's Studies class. It is one of the best descriptions of the purpose and function of education and the educator that I've ever read. And students love it. So if you know any professors or students who aren't familiar with it, recommend it highly." -- <em>Feminist</em> <em>Bookstore News</em></p> <p><em></em><br>"<em>Teaching to Transgress</em> is useful as a platform for a critique of current notions and practices of teaching and learning." -- <em>Canadian Home Economics Journal</em></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>bell hooks</strong> is a writer and critic who has taught most recently at Berea College in Kentucky, where she is Distinguished Professor in Residence. Among her many books are the feminist classic <em>Ain't I A Woman</em>, the dialogue (with Cornel West) <em>Breaking Bread</em>, the children's books <em>Happy to Be Nappy</em> and <em>Be Boy Buzz, </em> the memoir <em>Bone Black</em> (Holt), and the general interest titles <em>All About Love, Rock My Soul</em>, and <em>Communion</em>. Her many books published with Routledge include <em>Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom, </em> <em>Belonging: A Culture of Place</em>, <em> We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity</em>, <em>Where We Stand: Class Matters</em>, <em>Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom</em>, <em>Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations</em>, and<em> Reel to Real: Race, Sex and Class at the Movies</em>.
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