| Series |
Penguin classics
Penguin classics. ^A229330
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| 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. |
| Abstract |
"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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Lorde, Audre, The cancer journals New York City : Penguin Classics, 2020. 9780525506874 |
| Genre/form | diaries. |
| Genre/form | Diaries |
| Genre/form | Diaries. |
| LCCN | 2020020310 |
| ISBN | 9780143135203 trade paperback |
| ISBN | 0143135201 trade paperback |
