We Heal From Memory Sexton, Lorde, Anzaldúa, and the Poetry of Witness
Through an examination of the poetry of Anne Sexton, Audre Lorde, and Gloria Anzaldúa, We Heal From Memory paints a vivid picture of how our culture carries a history of traumatic violence - child sexual abuse, the ownership and enforcement of women's sexuality under slavery, the transmission o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2000, 2000
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Through an examination of the poetry of Anne Sexton, Audre Lorde, and Gloria Anzaldúa, We Heal From Memory paints a vivid picture of how our culture carries a history of traumatic violence - child sexual abuse, the ownership and enforcement of women's sexuality under slavery, the transmission of violence through generations, and the destruction of non-white cultures and their histories through colonization. According to Cassie Premo Steele, the poetry of Sexton, Lorde, and Anzaldúa allows us to witness and to heal from such disparate traumatic events |
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| Physical Description: | X, 221 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137123138 |