According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary
African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist
explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike
Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no
punches. As hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture can
be a 'powerful site for intervention, challenge and change'. And
intervene, challenge and change is what hooks does best.