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Cargando... Kunskapens frukt : Liv Strömquist (2014 original; edición 2014)por Liv Strömquist
Información de la obraFruit of Knowledge por Liv Strömquist (Author) (2014)
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 The Swedish cartoonist’s sophisticated comic strip is a brilliantly drawn, cleverly researched and deeply funny account of a battle signposted by its subtitle: The vulva vs the patriarchy. The opening chapter on “Men who have been too interested in the Female Genitalia”, shows a roster of lascivious prudes including St Augustine, Georges Cuvier and Isaac Baker-Brown, the Victorian doctor who liked to prescribe a clitoridectomy to any lady patient complaining of headaches. Strömquist portrays women throughout history looking baffled, angry, or resigned as a stream of priests, judges and husbands peer at their genitals and declare them to be deformed, wicked, or just too damn hot for their own good. Premios
From Adam and Eve to pussy hats, people have punished, praised, pathologized, and politicized vulvas, vaginas, clitorises, and menstruation. In this graphic nonfiction book, drawn in chunky, punky pen, Swedish cartoonist Liv Strömquist traces how different cultures and traditions have shaped women's health and beyond. Her biting, informed commentary and ponytailed avatar guides the reader from the darkest chapters of history (a clitoridectomy performed on a five-year-old American child as late as 1948) to the lightest (vulvas used as architectural details as a symbol of protection). Like humorists Julie Doucet (Dirty Plotte), Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For), and Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant), she uses the comics medium to reveal uncomfortable truths about how far we haven't c No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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