Gender Swapped Greek Myths (eBook)

Karrie Fransman, Jonathan Plackett (Autoren)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-37133-4 (ISBN)

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'Thought-provoking and charmingly rendered.'Guardian Imagine a world where seductive male sirens lure brave heroines to their death, where Icara and her mother fly too close to the sun, and where beautiful men are forced to wed underworld queens... For thousands of years, Greek myths have been told and retold. In these stories, brutality and bravery are reserved for men, while women are wicked witches or helpless maidens. Today, these myths continue to shape our ideas about justice, tragedy and what makes a hero's journey. Karrie and Jonathan love these stories, and have found a way to breathe new life into them by making one crucial change... Following the incredible success of Gender Swapped Fairy Tales they have taken that same simple step. They haven't rewritten the stories in this book. They haven't reimagined the endings, or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders. You'll be enchanted by the refreshing world this swap creates - and thunderstruck by the new characters you're about to discover.

Karrie Fransman writes and draws visual stories and comics that have been published in The Guardian, The Times, The BBC, Time Out, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, The Young Vic, Psychologies Magazine, The Arts Council and The Goethe Institute. She published two graphic novels with Penguin Random House: The House That Groaned, and the award winning Death of the Artist. She developed an award winning comic about a teenage refugee, for The British Red Cross, created a 2 storey installation for Southbank Centre and was commissioned to make a 'Selves Portrait' for an exhibition with Manchester Art Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.

Rezensionen

The gender swaps I hope will undo all my unconscious bias and I'll find my inner power!

An important reminder that the way we tell stories matters.

'Beautifully illustrated, a joy to share - even as it shakes the gender stereotypes in our most beloved stories by their roots.'

Fascinating . . . refreshingly entertaining.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.8.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Heroes of Olympus • James Kay • Mythos • Percy Jackson • Rick Riordan • Stephen Fry • Troy
• ISBN-10: 0-571-37133-7 / 0571371337
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-37133-4 / 9780571371334