Black Feminism, Class, and Racism in Audre Lorde’s Poems and Essays

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Audre Lorde, Feminismo Negro, Racismo, Classe, Poesia

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This article intends to analyze the poem Power”, from “The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde” using Lorde’s “Sister Outsider” essays and other authors such as bell hooks and Angela Davis as support to reflect and discuss racism, Black feminism, and class. We aim to understand the process of silencing Black women within feminism in the USA in the 1960s, recognizing the importance of poetry as a revolutionary tool, enabling Black women to speak for themselves.

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Biografia do Autor

Levi Correia de Sousa, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Licenciada em Letras - Inglês pela Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará.

Elder Koei Itikawa Tanaka, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Doutor em Letras pela Universidade de São Paulo, com período de doutorado sanduíche (bolsa Capes/Fulbright) na University of Pennsylvania/EUA. Docente permanente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará e líder do Grupo de Estudos de Literatura e Cinema (Gelic/Ufopa).

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2025-03-23

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Correia de Sousa, L. ., & Itikawa Tanaka, E. K. (2025). Black Feminism, Class, and Racism in Audre Lorde’s Poems and Essays. Cadernos De Gênero E Diversidade, 10(3), 134–152. Recuperado de https://revbaianaenferm.ufba.br/index.php/cadgendiv/article/view/64533

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