Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Preface: To Know Where I'm Going; 2 Kentucky Is My Fate; 3 Moved by Mountains; 4 Touching the Earth; 5 Reclamation and Reconciliation; 6 To Be Whole and Holy; 7 Again -- Segregation Must End; 8 Representations of Whiteness in the Black Imagination; 9 Drive through Tobacco; 10 Earthbound: On Solid Ground; 11 An Aesthetic of Blackness: Strange and Oppositional; 12 Inspired Eccentricity; 13 A Place Where the Soul Can Rest; 14 Aesthetic Inheritances: History Worked by Hand; 15 Piecing It All Together
Summary
What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book, Belonging: A Culture of Place
