Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom is a collection of 14 essays and interviews examining how to transform the multicultural classroom into an inclusive space dedicated to the practice of freedom for all students. “bell hooks” is Gloria Jean Watkins’s pen name, which she chooses not to capitalize so that her work is emphasized more so than her name. She is an acclaimed feminist scholar, cultural critic, writer, and educator. She’s the author of over 30 books that examine how race, ethnicity, gender, class, and imperialism have intersected in American life. Some of her works include Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, (1981), Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984), Killing Rage: Ending Racism (1995), The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love (2003) as well as children’s books and books of poetry. Teaching to Transgress was published in 1994 by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group.

In this collection of essays, the focus is on the classroom and the power of education to transgress boundaries that often alienate students.