Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in twentieth-century literature. " Lorde's] works will be important to those truly interested in growing up sensitive, intelligent, and aware."-- The New York Times 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 . . . "
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
1580911862
ISBN-13
9781580911863
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59364818
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sister Outsider : Essays and Speeches
Author
Audre Lorde
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Feminism & Feminist Theory, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3562.O75s5 2007
Reviews
"An eye-opener" - Publishers Weekly "[ Sister Outsider is] another indication of the depth of analysis that black women writers are contributing to feminist thought." - Barbara Christian, PhD, author of Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers, "An eye-opener" - Publishers Weekly "[ Sister Outsider is] another indication of the depth of analysis that black women writers are contributing to feminist thought." - Barbara Christian, PhD, author of Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers