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Daughter of Earth » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Agnes Smedley, Alice Walker (Adapted by), Nancy Hoffman
ISBN-13: 9780935312683, ISBN-10: 0935312684
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY, The
Date Published: January 1993
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Agnes Smedley

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A precious, priceless book—from the foreword by Alice Walker

"An entire society is limned in the pages of this book.... The power of Daughter of Earth lies in the erotic heat which informs every page of the book, erotic in the original Greek sense of life force."—Vivian Gornick, The Village Voice

Suggested for course use in:
U.S. literature working-class studies

Agnes Smedley (1892 - 1950) also wrote five books about China, including Portrait Of Chinese Women in Revolution 0-912670-44-4 PB • 1-55861-075-8 HC (The Feminist Press).

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