sister outsider
by audre lorde
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0895941422
- ISBN 13
- 9780895941428
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
collection of essays and speeches by black feminist icon audre lorde. lorde developed the now ubiquitous concept of intersectionality, and her work here explores that.
trumansburg, new york: the crossing press. isbn: 0895941422. 8.25 x 5.5". 190 pages. softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. very minimal shelfwear throughout. near fine.
Synopsis
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 . . . ”
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Details
- Bookseller
- leaves (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 833
- Title
- sister outsider
- Author
- audre lorde
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0895941422
- ISBN 13
- 9780895941428
- Publisher
- the crossing press
- Place of Publication
- trumansburg, new york
- Date Published
- 1984
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