Adrienne Rich - Our Whole Life Flashcards
1
Q
Language is created by male dominant societies, as such, women cannot accurately communicate the truth of their experience.
Their experience is told through an alien language
A
Our whole life is a translation
2
Q
Misinformation Propaganda Alternative facts The language is inappropriate and alien The knot of lies that constraints women may one day become undone, liberating them
A
And now a knot of lies eating at itself to get undone
3
Q
A letter sent but gone misisnh
A woman’s message lost in alien language
Women are subjected
A
Dead letters rendered into the oppressors language
4
Q
He didn’t run , no point, ground down by oppressor
A picture paints a thousand words
An image may be a better form of communication
Language cannot express the pain and suffering
A
Like the Algerian who walked from his village, burning
5
Q
He is voiceless
A
There are no words for this except himself
