Black Feminist Thought Glossary

by Patricia Hill Collins

Black Feminist Thought Glossary

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Prowess

Expertise in a subject or activity

Subordination

To follow rank, especially a lower rank

Reclaim

To obtain or recover something that might have been taken away in the past

Dialectic

Debating a subject to establish the truth through logical arguments

Epistemological

Relating to knowledge, especially the study of the relationships between knowledge, opinions, and beliefs.

Impoverish

To make poor

Hegemony

Dominance of a particular social group over all others

Pernicious

Harmful, in a gradual way

Multicultural

Relating to multiple cultures within a society

Coalition

An alliance formed for collective action, often in a political context

Womanhood

Having the qualities or meeting conditions that are characteristic of a woman

Discourse

Written or spoken communication, often authoritative and formal

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