Theory
Homeplace (a site of resistance)
Explore in the Atlas →bell hooks' reframing of the domestic interior — historically built and sustained by Black women — as a radical political space where the dehumanised could be restored to full personhood. Against feminist readings of the home as purely oppressive, homeplace recasts homemaking as an act of care, recovery and resistance.
Dwelling Power Collectivity
Details
- Introduced
- 1990
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Lived experience
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- opposes Gendered Space
Referenced by
- bell hooks proposed
Sources
- bell hooks. Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics. South End Press, 1990.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Homeplace (a site of resistance)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/homeplace/. Accessed July 17, 2026.