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On Lies, Secrets, and Silence
Selected Prose 1966-1978
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This book is ideal for readers interested in feminist theory, poetry, and cultural criticism. It particularly appeals to those seeking thoughtful reflections on social justice, language, and identity in contemporary society.
At issue are the politics of language; the uses of scholarship; and the topics of racism, history, and motherhood among others called forth by Rich as "part of the effort to define a female consciousness which is political, aesthetic, and erotic, and which refuses to be included or contained in the culture of passivity."
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In this collection of prose writings, one of America's foremost poets and feminist theorists reflects upon themes that have shaped her life and work.
At issue are the politics of language; the uses of scholarship; and the topics of racism, history, and motherhood among others called forth by Rich as "part of the effort to define a female consciousness which is political, aesthetic, and erotic, and which refuses to be included or contained in the culture of passivity."
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence invites readers to engage with these profound reflections that underscore the intersections of personal experience and broader societal issues.
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ISBN: 9780393312850
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 April 1995
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 211.0mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and major public intellectual of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She wrote two dozen volumes of poetry, including the National Book Award–winning Diving into the Wreck, and more than a half-dozen of prose.
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