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A History of Women in 101 Objects

內容簡介

內容簡介 What are the objects that define womanhood? Which pieces describe life as a woman through the ages? And how can you find the story of a single sex over thousands of years?Throughout human civilisation, women have been silenced, ignored, shamed, traded, exploited, and abused. Objects in this book - a set of thumbscrews, a bronze statuette of Athena, or the embroidered sack passed down from an enslaved mother to her child - speak of the cruelty and suffering women have experienced at the hands of the world.And yet, many more objects speak of other ideas: of the courage, humour, and power of women. From a healed human femur 30,000 years ago and Sappho's ancient love poetry, to a French abortion manifesto and a bunch of hair from the Iranian women's rebellion, via 16th-century sex toys, a very subversive interwar self-help book, and George Sand's right arm, this book explores the ways women have found strength in the spaces they have been placed, and the freedom they have seized through objects: the salon couch, the telephone, the typewriter, and the bicycle.In this fascinating, moving and amusing book, 101 objects are brought together to celebrate platonic love, sexual freedom and romantic friendship between women, as well as the political power of pockets, the professional computers of the 1800s, and the Resistance heroines throughout history, and show how women have always found a way not just to survive, but to carve their own paths through the world.

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各界推薦 "Whimsical, fun and witty. Annabelle Hirsch's book is a like a treasure hunt through history, culture, politics, fashion and art" -- ANDREA WULF"A reminder, lest we forget, that women are and have always been, whether quietly or vociferously, on the periphery or centre stage, the engine, the glue, the inspiration behind it all" -- GILLIAN ANDERSON"I adored this book! Hirsch's intimate observational gifts turn that world into a rousing, living record of all that we have wrestled with" -- OLIVIA COLMAN"A fantastic cabinet of curiosities that rethinks the role of women in history. Educational, funny - a joy!" -- LEILA SLIMANI"I love this book . . . A new feminist history of the world . . . Stirring, provocative and carefully researched" -- LAUREN ELKIN

作者介紹

作者介紹 Annabelle HirschAnnabelle Hirsch, born in 1986, has German and French roots. She studied art history, dramatics and philosophy in Munich and Paris, and works as a cultural journalist for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)and various other magazines. She writes short stories and translates French literature. She lives between Rome and Berlin.Eleanor UpdegraffEleanor Updegraff was born in London and studied English Literature, German and Russian at Durham University. She is a literary translator and author, ghostwriter and editor, and reviews books for various publications online and in print. She has lived in Vienna since 2015.

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最佳賣點 : 女性的101個物件：從古希臘女詩人莎芙到西蒙‧波娃和碧昂絲，回顧女性史的成長與突破