Fruit Of Knowledge - Couverture souple

Strömquist, Liv

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1683961102 ISBN 13 : 9781683961109

Editeur : Fantagraphics Books, 2018

Synopsis

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 come.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Liv Strömquist was born in Sweden and lives in Malmö. She is a radio host with a degree in political science. An activist, her left-leaning, award-winning comics have been published in zines and magazines. Fruit of Knowledge has sold 40,000 copies in Sweden, been adapted for the stage, and has been published worldwide.

Melissa Bowers is a translator and editor. She lives in Seattle, WA.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Global and historical attitudes to the female genitalia and to menstruation are explored in this work of graphic non-fiction, attending to some of history's darkest institutional treatment of women's health and addressing how far we have not come, while also including warmer moments of relatable humour.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fantagraphics Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1683961102
• ISBN 13: 9781683961109
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible