Description
A radical feminist history and street art resource for inspired readers! This book combines short biographies with striking and usable stencil images of thirty women--activists, anarchists, feminists, freedom-fighters, and visionaries.
It offers a subversive portrait history which refuses to belittle the military prowess and revolutionary drive of women, whose violent resolves often shatter the archetype of woman-as-nurturer. It is also a celebration of some extremely brave women who have spent their lives fighting for what they believe in and rallying supporters in climates where a woman's authority is never taken as seriously as a man's. The text also shares some of each woman's ideologies, philosophies, struggles, and quiet humanity with quotes from their writings or speeches.
The women featured are: Harriet Tubman, Louise Michel, Vera Zasulich, Emma Goldman, Qiu Jin, Nora Connolly O'Brien, Lucia Sanchez Saornil, Angela Davis, Leila Khaled, Comandante Ramona, Phoolan Devi, Ani Pachen, Anna Mae Aquash, Hannie Schaft, Rosa Luxemburg, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Lolita Lebron, Djamila Bouhired, Malalai Joya, Vandana Shiva, Olive Morris, Assata Shakur, Sylvia Rivera, Haydée Santamaría, Marie Equi, Mother Jones, Doria Shafik, Ondina Peteani, Whina Cooper, and Lucy Parsons.
Author: Queen Of the Queen of the Neighbourhood
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781604862003
ISBN10: 1604862009
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Art | Graffiti & Street Art
- Art | Art & Politics
About the Author
Queen of the Neighbourhood is an all-women collective of writers, researchers, editors, and graphic designers.