The Cancer Journals
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The Cancer Journals is Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking collection of essays and reflections that intertwines her personal experience with breast cancer with feminist, queer, and anti-racist critique.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Cancer Journals canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cancer Journals Context triple: [Audre Lorde, notableWork, The Cancer Journals]
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A.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward is a semi-autobiographical novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn that portrays life in a Soviet cancer hospital as an allegory for the moral and political sickness of Stalinist society.
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B.
The Day I Tried to Live
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C.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
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D.
The Patient
The Patient is a psychological thriller television miniseries centered on a therapist held captive by a serial killer who demands treatment.
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E.
Letters to Memory
Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Cancer Journals Target entity description: The Cancer Journals is Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking collection of essays and reflections that intertwines her personal experience with breast cancer with feminist, queer, and anti-racist critique.
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A.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward is a semi-autobiographical novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn that portrays life in a Soviet cancer hospital as an allegory for the moral and political sickness of Stalinist society.
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B.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
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C.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
-
D.
The Patient
The Patient is a psychological thriller television miniseries centered on a therapist held captive by a serial killer who demands treatment.
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E.
Letters to Memory
Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Audre Lorde ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
African-American literature
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feminist literature ⓘ illness narrative ⓘ memoir ⓘ queer literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays
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journal entries ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a classic of feminist health writing
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widely taught in African American studies ⓘ widely taught in gender studies ⓘ widely taught in queer studies ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community support
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intersectionality ⓘ medical patriarchy ⓘ mortality ⓘ resistance ⓘ self-definition ⓘ silence and speech ⓘ visibility of disabled and ill bodies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Black feminist thought
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civil rights movement ⓘ lesbian feminist activism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Black feminism
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LGBT literature ⓘ womanism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
body image
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breast cancer ⓘ feminism ⓘ healthcare ⓘ homophobia ⓘ mastectomy ⓘ racism ⓘ sexism ⓘ survivorship ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging norms around prosthesis after mastectomy
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critiquing medical and social responses to breast cancer ⓘ linking personal illness with political analysis ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Aunt Lute Books ⓘ |
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Subject: The Cancer Journals Description of subject: The Cancer Journals is Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking collection of essays and reflections that intertwines her personal experience with breast cancer with feminist, queer, and anti-racist critique.
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