Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Communion Essay
Choose five out of the seven questions provided below. If you choose to answer six or all seven questions, the 6th and 7th will count as extra credit @ max 10 extra points/each.
While the questions specifically ask you to reflect on what you’ve read and learned in Communion: The Female Search for Love, your answers should not be limited to Communion. The questions are broad enough to incorporate the terms and concepts that you’ve learned throughout the semester in your readings and through lecture.
QUESTION OPTIONS:
What is the main point of the book? Why did bell hooks write this book?
Describe and discuss hooks’ critique of feminism. Why is this discussion important for younger 3rd wave feminists in particular and all women, in general?
What new insight does she offer re: love and patriarchy, love and feminism? (NOTE: A helpful post to read is The Other L-Word: How bell hooks Dared Me to Love: http://bit.ly/9YJrhw