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Available
Description
Una original y excepcionalmente documentada novela gráfica que celebra la vida y las luchas de uno de los primeros iconos feministas del siglo XX:Angela Davis, negra, filósofa y revolucionaria.
Tras criarse en el profundo sur, donde la segregación racial y los ataques del Ku Klux Klan aún causaban estragos y quedaban impunes, Angela viaja a Europa para estudiar con luminarias como Marcuse, Adorno y Sartre.En esta biografía el lector descubrirá cómo una joven académica y profesora universitaria, se convirtió en el «enemigo público número 1» del gobierno de los EEUU con su temido programa COINTELPRO de guerra sucia.
Tras criarse en el profundo sur, donde la segregación racial y los ataques del Ku Klux Klan aún causaban estragos y quedaban impunes, Angela viaja a Europa para estudiar con luminarias como Marcuse, Adorno y Sartre.En esta biografía el lector descubrirá cómo una joven académica y profesora universitaria, se convirtió en el «enemigo público número 1» del gobierno de los EEUU con su temido programa COINTELPRO de guerra sucia.
Description
"In 1971, the FBI put Angela Davis on their 10 Most Wanted List because they alleged that she orchestrated a politically motivated Marin County courtroom gunfight. She went to prison despite her protestations of innocence. Soon the entire world would know her story and demand her freedom. In 1972, she was found not guilty by an all-white jury. Ms Davis is the story of her dedication to the fight for justice"--
Collection
Publication
Flow Press Media SL (2020), Edition: 1, 192 pages
Physical description
192 p.; 8.5 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member villemezbrown
A fictionalized biography of Angela Davis is told from the perspective of two made-up characters.
The first chapter of the book is told by a little girl named Linda Peters who knew Angela Davis growing up. It's not entirely clear from the story, but Davis is five years older than the character. I
Frankly, this tainted my attitude toward the rest of the book.
The remaining chapters are from the perspective of June Seymour, a white reporter from Sacramento. For some reason, her editor is depicted with the likeness of actor Al Molinaro -- Big Al from TV's Happy Days -- straight off the top hits on a Google image search. Check it out. (Oh, and California governor Ronald Reagan is depicted with the likeness of Bedtime for Bonzo actor Ronald Reagan.) Meanwhile, Seymour's personality and character is pretty non-existent -- she simply idolizes Davis -- and does not deserve all the panels devoted to her through the rest of the book that simply distract from Davis. Mostly she seems to serve as a device to allow the story of a Black woman to be told through a white perspective. Of course, the whole story may be filtered through a white perspective as I'm not sure if either of the French creators is BIPOC from a cursory search on the internet.
The facts that can be gleaned about Davis are interesting, but lots of details are skimmed over, making some of the sequences more than a bit confusing. Real people who surrounded Davis are barely introduced, sacrificed to more time with the fictional characters.
Dubious and unsatisfying.
The first chapter of the book is told by a little girl named Linda Peters who knew Angela Davis growing up. It's not entirely clear from the story, but Davis is five years older than the character. I
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found it in poor taste that the author chose to use Linda to write over the life of Cynthia Wesley, one of the four victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. The other three victims appear as themselves in the story, but Wesley only gets mentioned on a memorial page after we watch Linda get blown up in her place.Frankly, this tainted my attitude toward the rest of the book.
The remaining chapters are from the perspective of June Seymour, a white reporter from Sacramento. For some reason, her editor is depicted with the likeness of actor Al Molinaro -- Big Al from TV's Happy Days -- straight off the top hits on a Google image search. Check it out. (Oh, and California governor Ronald Reagan is depicted with the likeness of Bedtime for Bonzo actor Ronald Reagan.) Meanwhile, Seymour's personality and character is pretty non-existent -- she simply idolizes Davis -- and does not deserve all the panels devoted to her through the rest of the book that simply distract from Davis. Mostly she seems to serve as a device to allow the story of a Black woman to be told through a white perspective. Of course, the whole story may be filtered through a white perspective as I'm not sure if either of the French creators is BIPOC from a cursory search on the internet.
The facts that can be gleaned about Davis are interesting, but lots of details are skimmed over, making some of the sequences more than a bit confusing. Real people who surrounded Davis are barely introduced, sacrificed to more time with the fictional characters.
Dubious and unsatisfying.
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LibraryThing member reader1009
graphic nonfiction, orig. published in France (some characters have been combined into composites) - history; political activist and icon Angela Davis
eye-catching illustrations, and would make a nice addition to any library, but I had a much easier time following (and learning from) Davis' print
eye-catching illustrations, and would make a nice addition to any library, but I had a much easier time following (and learning from) Davis' print
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autobiography. If I weren't already vaguely familiar with her life, I might have had an even harder time understanding the sequences on these pages, so I'm not sure it does her story justice, but her strong, resilient spirit does come through here. Show Less
Original language
Spanish
Awards
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nominee — Graphic Novel — 2024)
Original publication date
2020
ISBN
8412034635 / 9788412034639