Diaspora
USA
Contemporary
English
Memoir
Lorde's 'biomythography' of growing up Black, female, and queer in 1950s New York, through her relationships with women, her political awakening, and the Caribbean inheritance of her mother.
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Foundational text of Black feminist and queer theory; Lorde coined the phrase 'the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house'
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editorial-summarynot primary textLorde's 'biomythography' of growing up Black, female, and queer in 1950s New York, through her relationships with women, her political awakening, and the Caribbean inheritance of her mother. Foundational text of Black feminist and queer theory; Lorde coined the phrase 'the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house'
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