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Fruit of knowledge : the vulva vs. the patriarchy / Liv Strömquist ; translator, Melissa Bowers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Swedish Publisher: Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 139 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780349010731
Other title:
  • Vulva vs. the patriarchy
  • Vulva versus the patriarchy
Uniform titles:
  • Kunskapens frukt. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN6970.S883 S7513 2018
Summary: From Adam and Eve to pussy hats, people have punished, praised, pathologised and politicised vulvas, vaginas, clitorises, and menstruation. In the international bestseller Fruit of Knowledge, celebrated 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 Alison Bechdel and Jacky Fleming, she uses the comics medium to reveal uncomfortable truths about how far we haven't come.
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COMIC TBS Barcelona COM - STR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available B05244

From Adam and Eve to pussy hats, people have punished, praised, pathologised and politicised vulvas, vaginas, clitorises, and menstruation. In the international bestseller Fruit of Knowledge, celebrated 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 Alison Bechdel and Jacky Fleming, she uses the comics medium to reveal uncomfortable truths about how far we haven't come.

Translated from the Swedish.

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