Bibliograph

The cancer journals, Audre Lorde ; foreword by Tracy K. Smith

Type

Label

The cancer journals, Audre Lorde ; foreword by Tracy K. Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The cancer journals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1141115535

Responsibility statement

Audre Lorde ; foreword by Tracy K. Smith

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

"First published over forty years ago, The Cancer Journals is a startling, powerful account of Audre Lorde's experience with breast cancer and mastectomy. Long before narratives explored the silences around illness and women's pain, Lorde questioned the rules of conformity for women's body images and supported the need to confront physical loss not hidden by prosthesis. Living as a 'Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,' Lorde heals and re-envisions herself on her own terms and offers her voice, grief, resistance, and courage to those dealing with their own diagnosis. Poetic and profoundly feminist, Lorde's testament gives visibility and strength to women with cancer to define themselves, and to transform their silence into language and action."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- I. The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action -- II. Breast Cancer : A Black Lesbian Feminist Experience -- III. Breast Cancer : Power vs. Prosthesis

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