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homeplace  

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  • The term homeplace is a subjective space of safety and political power created by African American women for the sustained psychological well-being of their loved ones. The theory of homeplace was constructed by cultural critic Gloria Watkins, better known by her pen name of bell hooks (all lower case), and explicated in her groundbreaking essay, Homeplace: A Site of Resistance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Homeplace]

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