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Title
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Feminist Fables for the Twenty-First Centuiry
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The F Word Project
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Description
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Maureen Burdock
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Creator
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Burdock, Maureen
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Contributor
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Burdock, Maureen
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Foreword by Trina Robbins
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Date
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2016-04-20T15:51:08Z
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2016-02
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2015
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Date Available
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2016-04-20T15:51:08Z
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Date Issued
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2015
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Abstract
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This is a strong book. I did not know what I was getting into when I ordered it. I suppose one could call these graphic short stories. Maureen Burdock is acclaimed as one of the finest comic book artists working these days. She founded the San Francisco branch of Laydeez Do Comics. The first four of the five stories here are bilingual, including, respectively, Spanish, German, Arabic, and Swahili. They depict the overcoming of femicide, pedophilia, honor killings, and female circumcision. As Trina Robbins writes in the foreword, these four stories introduce us "to female superheroes from countries all over the world. Most of these heroines are fictional though their stories are based on reality" (xi). The fifth story is "Halima's Story: A Future without Female Genital Mutilation" (125). It is written by Halima Mohamed Abdel Rahman. Burdock does the art. Robbins reminds us that this story is true and documents the advocacy of a very real-life heroine. A computer-technician friend noticed the book in my room and spoke highly of both Robbins and Burdock. I appreciate his pushing me to investigate the book more thoroughly. While the title uses "fable" metaphorically, these are moving stories, movingly depicted.
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Identifier
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10600 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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McFarland Publishing Company
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Jefferson, North Carolina
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Subject
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PN6720.F46 2015
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Maureen Burdock
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole