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Fruit of Knowledge

Fruit of Knowledge

by Liv Strömquist and Liv Strömquist
Paperback
Publication Date: 28/08/2018

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An international bestseller, Fruit of Knowledge is a funny, powerful and eye-opening graphic nonfiction book about the female body and our love-hate relationship with it throughout history.

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 Stromquist 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.

'Feminist, snappy, instructive and hilarious!' Time Out Paris

'Liv Stromquist's refreshing humour and visionary ability truly make me rejoice' Goteborgs-Posten

'Imagine if you could walk through the world with a Liv Stromquist at your side. The moment you stumbled on an injustice or an error in thinking, you could point her at the culprit like a loaded wit-revolver, instead of having to stand there digging through your own murky arguments' Expressen

'A brilliantly drawn, cleverly researched and deeply funny account of a battle signposted by its subtitle: The vulva vs the patriarchy' Times Literary Supplement

ISBN:
9780349010731
9780349010731
Category:
Graphic Novels
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
28-08-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
160
Dimensions (mm):
238x192x12mm
Weight:
0.4kg

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