On Call
Book description
Book of political essays by a great Feminist.
Why read it?
1 author picked On Call as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A poet, playwright, essayist, teacher, and activist, Jordan had more than 25 published works, including seven books of essays.
As a feminist and women’s studies teacher and scholar who was focused on bringing race into the center of my activism and analysis, I learned so much from June Jordan.
On Call, includes essays that explored intersectionality years before Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term and theorized the overlapping social constructions of race, class, and gender.
The topics of the 18 essays are wide-ranging, from patriarchy, to Black English, to the enslaved 18th-century poet Phillis Wheatley, and a hilarious short essay on…
From Arlene's list on social consciousness in historical contexts.
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