ETH STD 11AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Audre Lorde, Lorde, Intersectionality
18 Nov 2020
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Printed dialogue between audre lorde and james baldwin, revolutionary hope. Regarding black aesthetic written in late 60s/early 70s. Frantz fanon: would have to unlearn what it means to be american. Have to notice this first before we can decolonize ourselves. Find new lens that looks at black art. Baldwin brings up same conditions of existentialism as dubois. Baldwin brings up aspects from sonny"s blues. Lorde (gay, black women) positions herself as the ultimate outsider. We have got to be our own savior. 1984: seeing push to monolithic black aesthetic.
