= Klappentext: Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and cl...

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1. Verfasser:	Lorde, Audre 1934-1992 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Berkeley Crossing Press 2007
Ausgabe:	Revised edition
Schlagworte:	Weibliche Schwarze. Amerika Poetry Feminism Lesbianism African American women Schwarze Lesbische Orientierung Feminismus Lesbe USA Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	= Klappentext: Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER OUTSIDER celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature.In this charged collection of fifteen essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class, and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope.This commemorative edition includes a new foreword by Lorde scholar and poet Cheryl Clarke, who celebrates the ways in which Lorde's philosophies resonate more than twenty years after they were first published. These landmark writings are, in Lorde's own words, a call to "never close our eyes to the terror, to the chaos which is Black which is creative which is female which is dark which is rejected which is messy which is. ..."
Beschreibung:	190 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:	9781580911863 1580911862