Fruit Of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy
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In her best-selling book, internationally acclaimed cartoonist Strömquist riffs on the outrageous history of menstruation and half the population’s genitalia.
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.
Fruit Of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy
In her best-selling book, internationally acclaimed cartoonist Strömquist riffs on the outrageous history of menstruation and half the population’s genitalia.
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.
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Fruit Of Knowledge: The Vulva vs. The Patriarchy
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781683961109 |
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Publisher: | Fantagraphics Books |
Publication date: | 09/04/2018 |
Pages: | 144 |
Sales rank: | 850,704 |
Product dimensions: | 6.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d) |
Age Range: | 16 Years |
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