Structure

Hood Feminism is divided into eighteen chapters plus an Introduction. The chapters are of varying lengths, ranging from roughly ten to twenty pages each. Hood feminism is written as a book of essays that also incorporates elements of memoir as author Mikki Kendall draws on her own personal experiences throughout the book. The book could be considered a hybrid of the memoir and essay genres or the chapters could be conceptualized as a mix of the personal and argumentative essay styles.

The book’s narrative structure is guided primarily by the topic at hand in each essay. There is no chronological or linear narrative, not even when Mikki writes about her own life story. Instead, her personal stories are threated into the narrative as they relate to the social justice issue or topic she is addressing in each chapter. In some chapters, she may write about her...