Becoming Unbecoming E-Book

Una

• Herausgeber: Myriad Editions
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

A devastating personal account of gender violence told in graphic-novel form, set against the backdrop of the 1970s Yorkshire Ripper man-hunt. It's 1977 and Una is twelve. A serial murderer is at large in West Yorkshire and the police are struggling to solve the case – despite spending more than two million man-hours hunting the killer and interviewing the man himself no less than nine times. As this national news story unfolds around her, Una finds herself on the receiving end of a series of violent acts for which she feels she is to blame. Through image and text Becoming Unbecoming explores what it means to grow up in a culture where male violence goes unpunished and unquestioned. With the benefit of hindsight Una explores her experience, wonders if anything has really changed and challenges a global culture that demands that the victims of violence pay its cost.

Leseprobe

About the author Una is an artist, academic and comics creator. Her self-published graphic narratives have explored disability, psychosis, political activism, and violence against women and girls. She lives in Yorkshire.

Praise for BECOMING UNBECOMING ‘Unflinching, heartbreaking and utterly compelling. Una’s story explores how the public silencing of women’s voices too often creates a private hell.’ – Emma Jane Unsworth ‘Male violence against women is a major problem – for all of us. This exploration of blame and shame brings home that fact in an immediate way, but also with great delicacy.’ – Mary Talbot ‘A beautiful, haunting take on Peter Sutcliffe’s reign of terror, and the women and communities he destroyed. The bare fact is, as Una beautifully explores, that females are living under a reign of patriarchal power that requires us to take the rough with the rough. Except we don’t. Consume this book, and be prepared to join the revolution.’ – Julie Bindel ‘Delicate in construction yet uncompromising in message, Becoming Unbecoming is an astonishing testament to the potency of visual metaphor.’ – Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier

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Una

First published in 2015 This ebook edition published in 2015 by Myriad Editions 59 Lansdowne Place Brighton BN3 1FL, UK www.myriadeditions.com Copyright © Una 2015 The moral right of the author has been asserted All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN (pbk): 978-1-908434-69-2 E-ISBN (ebk): 978-1-908434-70-8 This ebook edition has been created using CircularFLO from Circular Software

Dedicated to all the others.

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