Sister Outsider

Informationen zum Autor Audre Lorde was a writer, feminist and civil rights activist - or, as she famously put it, 'Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet'. Born in New York in 1934, she had her first poem published while she was still in high school. After stints as a factory worker, ghost writer, social worker, X-ray technician, medical clerk, and arts and crafts supervisor, she became a librarian in Manhattan and gradually rose to prominence as a poet, essayist and speaker, anthologised by Langston Hughes, lauded by Adrienne Rich, and befriended by James Baldwin. She was made Poet Laureate of New York State in 1991, when she was awarded the Walt Whitman prize; she was also awarded honorary doctorates from Hunter, Oberlin and Haverford colleges. She died of cancer in 1992, aged 58. Klappentext Audre Lorde was a writer! feminist and civil rights activist - or! as she famously put it! 'Black! lesbian! mother! warrior! poet'. Born in New York in 1934! she had her first poem published while she was still in high school. After stints as a factory worker! ghost writer! social worker! X-ray technician! medical clerk! and arts and crafts supervisor! she became a librarian in Manhattan and gradually rose to prominence as a poet! essayist and speaker! anthologised by Langston Hughes! lauded by Adrienne Rich! and befriended by James Baldwin. She was made Poet Laureate of New York State in 1991! when she was awarded the Walt Whitman prize; she was also awarded honorary doctorates from Hunter! Oberlin and Haverford colleges. She died of cancer in 1992! aged 58. Zusammenfassung The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'. Uncompromising, angry and yet full of hope, this collection of her essential prose - essays, speeches, letters, interviews - explores race, sexuality, poetry, friendship, the erotic and the need for female solidarity, and includes her landmark piece 'The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House'. 'The truth of her writing is as necessary today as it's ever been' Guardian ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Audre Lorde, Lorde Audre
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780241410509
• ISBN: 978-0-241-41050-9
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Serien: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Relating to African American people, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to African American / Black American people