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Fruit Of Knowledge
by [Strömquist, Liv]
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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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- Fantagraphics Books Brand
- Sep 4, 2018 Pub Date:
- 9781683961109 ISBN-13:
- 1683961102 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9.1 in * 0.5 in * 6.5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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