Hooks clearly defines "talking back" as a way where close relations between one another are able to voice opinions using culture and background as a strong tactic. Gates's memoir uses the concept of "talking back", where growing up in West Virginia in a predominately white society was a constant struggle to voice opinions. Women were percieved as objects, where Gates would retell the stories from his point of view of what was seen on nights where tension and violence came about towards women during the time period. So, in order to raise awareness in the community on the issue of race and violence was what Hooks found to be a strong way of "talking back".
Posted by dover94 on November 13, 2008
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