A burst of light : essays /
"In 1984, feminist poet Lorde learned that her breast cancer had metastasized to the liver. The ... title section comprises a series of journal excerpts that both frighten and inspire: choosing not to have a biopsy, she instead treats the disease with a stay at the homeopathic Lukas Klinik in S...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Firebrand Books,
[1988]
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| Summary: | "In 1984, feminist poet Lorde learned that her breast cancer had metastasized to the liver. The ... title section comprises a series of journal excerpts that both frighten and inspire: choosing not to have a biopsy, she instead treats the disease with a stay at the homeopathic Lukas Klinik in Switzerland, consultations with more traditional medical specialists and alternatives like self-hypnosis. Her lifelong battle against racism, sexism and homophobia has armed her with the resilience to resist cancer, and thus ""A Burst of Light'' becomes not only a chronicle of Lorde's fight against disease, but a view of one woman's sparring with injustice, whether the oppressors are the South African police, the American government or malignant cells within her own body ... [T]hree essays on black lesbianism, the parallels between South Africa and the United States, and lesbian parenting are politically specific and pithy"--From Publisher's Weekly review. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 134 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0932379400 9780932379405 0932379397 9780932379399 |