![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The myth comes from discerning whether or not Carriacou really existed, or whether her mother had just mixed up the name. Zami tells the biography that Lorde knew from her mother as a child it was truth. Merriam-Webster defines this as “a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon” or “a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone especially one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of society” or “an unfounded or false notion.” In biomythography, the distinctions are blurred. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition is “a usually written history of a person’s life” or “an account of the life of something.” Then, though, there is that key component: myth. ![]() Let’s pick apart the name in order to debunk this subgenre: biomythography. There isn’t much variance in the subsequent results, either. When you search “Biomythography” on internet search engines, the first result that comes up will say it is a term coined by Audre Lorde to describe her book Zami. ![]()
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