GWST 2513 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-20: Separate Spheres, Nuclear Family, Eurocentrism
2 Dec 2017
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Homeplace: a site of resistance by hooks, bell (266-73) House belonged to black woman as opposed to black man in a white supremacist society. Woman worked outside the home, serving white folks, cleaning their house taking care of their kids, then back in there own house they had to provide the same time and energy for their own families. Black woman had to construct the house in a way where there would be a radical political dimension. Black woman providing service, constructing a safe place where black people could affirm one another and by doing so heal many of the wounds inflicted by racist domination. Homeplace opportunity to grow and develop to nurture our spirits. Black woman nurtured and cared for white families and no longer had time and energy to give to their own. *didn"t have time for own home, only place they felt comforted, again due to sexism and racism towards blacks*
