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Zami: A Portrait Of An Artist As A Black Lesbian, Barbara Dibernard
Zami: A Portrait Of An Artist As A Black Lesbian, Barbara Dibernard
Department of English: Faculty Publications
As feminist critics, we cannot continue to ignore differences in race, sexuality, and class when we write about women; we should heed Adrienne Rich's critique of her own earlier work, that she will never again write of the "faceless, raceless, classless category of 'all women.'" Aware that my work will be partial and limited, I would like to explore Audre Lorde's Zami as a portrait of an artist as a black lesbian. In doing so, I hope to suggest areas where we must open up our conception of the female Kunstlerroman so that we are taking account of Lorde's black …