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- Title
Writing Power: Identity Complexities and the Exotic Erotic in Audre Lorde's Writing.
- Authors
Kemp, Yakini B.
- Abstract
Presents literary criticism which examines the use of the erotic in the literary constructions of self of African Caribbean women writer Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde is often cited as an icon for defining and asserting multiple identities in her life as well as in her prose, poetry, and mythic autobiography. Lorde has been tapped as a profound urban, U.S. poet by academics, claimed as foremother by diasporic African American lesbians, and cited as the only canonical African Caribbean lesbian writer for white academic lesbians. Most often, the identity of the writer as Caribbean descendant is glossed over with the mention of her parental heritage, even though numerous critics analyze her use of African diasporic mythology and imagery. Notable exceptions to this occurrence are the analysis of the books "Black Women, Writing and Identity: Migrations of the Subject" by Carole Boyce Davies and "Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile" by Myriam Chancy. Both critics find resolution to the exile status of Lorde through her positing of cultural, political, and gender-relative subjects in the personae, issues, and objectives of her writing. Hence, what becomes clear is that throughout her writing life, Audre Lorde tried to honor and celebrate her identities.
- Subjects
LORDE, Audre, 1934-1992; EROTICA; BLACK Women, Writing &; Identity: Migrations of the Subject (Book); SEARCHING for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (Book); DAVIES, Carole Boyce; CHANCY, Myriam; EXILED women authors; AFRICAN Americans; EXPATRIATE authors
- Publication
Studies in the Literary Imagination, 2004, Vol 37, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
0039-3819
- Publication type
Literary Criticism