Sita by Kate Millett

an essay on the literature of imprisonment

Kate Millett's Sita is a raw, autobiographical account of her intense, obsessive lesbian love affair with an older, thrice-married woman named Sita, chronicling its passionate beginnings, the jealousy and chaos (Sita's children, male lovers), and its painful disintegration, offering a candid look at love's exhilaration, despair, and Millett's own struggles with self-doubt and potential mental health crises as the relationship ends, leading to profound analysis of power dynamics within love.

Details

ISBN9780860680246
Copyright Date1977
Publication DateSeptember 26, 1977
PublisherVirago
FormatHardcover
No. of Pages321
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography/Biography
SubjectBiographies & Memoirs; Community & Culture; LGBTQ+ Demographic Studies; Memoirs; Politics & Social Sciences; Social Sciences; Sociology; Women