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Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-346) and index Originally published in 1990 originally published in Routledge Classics, 2009 Drawing from fiction, poetry, music and oral history, the result is a superbly crafted and revolutionary book that provided the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought and its canon."-Publisher's description Here Collins provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. In Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990, Patricia Hill Collins set out to explore the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals and writers, both within the academy and without. It focuses on how the model can be used in the classroom to address the justice implications in Prime Suspect and media productions more generally."In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the theoretical and pedagogical implications of Prime Suspect and the model of progressive moral fiction. It compares Prime Suspect with other contemporary police procedural dramas.

The chapter draws on the work of feminist critical race scholar Patricia Hill Collins (2000) in her work Black Feminist Thought to describe a “both/and” perspective for understanding Tennison's character. It suggests that Tennison's flaws can actually enhance debates about gender and justice. It elaborates apparent flaws in the character of Jane Tennison: incidents of personality issues and unethical behavior that appear in the series. It identifies ways that the conventions of the crime genre and the strictures of television work against the transformative potential of the series.

This chapter discusses the strengths and limitations of Prime Suspect as a work of progressive moral fiction.