We Heal from Memory Sexton, Corde, Anzaldua, and the Poetry of Witness

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2000
Author:
C. Steele
ISBN:
9781137123138
Related ISBNs:
9780312233426
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan US, New York
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-02-13
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2000
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Social Studies, Sociology