"blessed within my selves": The Prophetic Visions of Our Lorde.

This essay discusses the intellectual and poetic work of Audre Lorde and its significance for contemporary global movements for liberation. My discussion considers Lorde's theorizing of difference and power, as well as her poetic work, as prophetic interventions within the context of the 1960s to th...

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Publicado en:Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies Vol. 20; pp. 8 - 32
Autor principal: Santos de Araújo, Flávia
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of SUNY Cortland Fall2019
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