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. 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. |a "First published over forty years ago, The Cancer Journals is a startling, powerful account of Audre Lorde's experience with breast cancer and mastectomy. Breast Cancer: A Black Lesbian Feminist Experience - III. The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action - II. |a Includes bibliographical references (). |a New York City : |b Penguin Books, |c . |a The cancer journals / |c Audre Lorde foreword by Tracy K. |b Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 |n SAN 201-3975
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