Bell hooks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bell hooks

American author, feminist, and social activist

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1952

Place of Birth: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States

Profession: writer, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Gloria Jean Watkins (born September 25, 1952), better known by her pen name bell hooks, is an American author, professor, feminist, and social activist.
The name "bell hooks" is borrowed from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.The focus of hooks' writing has been the intersectionality of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she describes as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination.
She has published more than 30 books and numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures.
She has addressed race, class, and gender in education, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism.
In 2014, she founded the bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.