Sister outsider

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Audre Lorde: Sister outsider (Hardcover, 2020, Penguin Books)

xv, 183 sivua ; 21 cm, 183 pages

English language

Published 2020 by Penguin Books.

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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 fifteen essays and speeches that comprise the volume, Lorde asserts that because she is a black, queer woman, she is considered an outsider, but that it is precisely her outsider perspective that allows her to see the various layers of identity-based oppression. A pioneer of intersectional feminism, Sister Outsider encourages the reader to embrace their difference and weaponize it for change, a once-radical 20th-century idea that has become a full-blown movement today. Penguin Classics launches a new hardcover series with five American …

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Subjects

  • Poetry.
  • Feminism.
  • Lesbianism.
  • African American women.
  • feminismi.
  • mustat.
  • naiseus.
  • lesbous.
  • naisen asema.
  • identiteetti.
  • feminism.
  • svarta.
  • kvinnoskap.
  • lesbiskhet.
  • kvinnans ställning.
  • identitet (självbild)