Sister outsider

Lorde, Audre, author.

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"At once a searing indictment of a racist, patriarchal society and a manual for claiming an intersectional identity, Sister Outsider is a comprehensive collection of the lauded poet and writer Audre Lorde's most famous and influential works of nonfiction prose. Sister Outsider depicts the idea of "difference"--whether through race, gender, or sexuality--as a powerful tool for empowerment that can be used as a catalyst for change. Throughout the f...

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African American women

Feminism

Lesbianism

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Essays

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Penguin vitae

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ISBN:

9780143134442
0143134442

Description:

xv, 183 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:

"First published in the United States by Crossing Press, 1984"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Notes from a trip to Russia
Poetry is not a luxury
The transformation of silence into language and action
Scratching the surface : some notes on barriers to women and loving
Uses of the erotic : the erotic as power
Sexism : an American disease in blackface
An open letter to Mary Daly
Man child : a black lesbian feminist's response
An interview : Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich
The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house
Age, race, class, and sex : women redefining difference
The uses of anger : women responding to racism
Learning from the 60s
Eye to eye : black women, hatred, and anger
Grenada revisited : an interim report

LCCN:

2019019352

Control Number:

2905881

Other Authors:

Browne, Mahogany L., writer of foreword

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