This revised tenth anniversary edition expands on the arguments of the original edition to include discussions of heterosexism as a system of power, expanded images of black womanhood, U.S. black feminism's connections to black "Diasporic" feminism, and the importance of social class and nationalism. Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She expands the basic arguments of the previous edition and has added several important new themes.