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Linea nigra : an essay on pregnancy and earthquakes / Jazmina Barrera ; translated from Spanish by Christina MacSweeney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrera Velázquez, Jazmina, 1988- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Linea nigra. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Barrera Velázquez, Jazmina, 1988---Translations into English.
- Barrera Velázquez, Jazmina.
- Pregnancy.
- Motherhood.
- Breastfeeding.
- Breast Feeding.
- pregnancy.
- maternity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pregnancy.
- Breast Feeding.
- Genre:
- essays.
- Essays.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Two Lines Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Spanish.
- Summary:
- "Personal essays about pregnancy interwoven with references to pregnancy in art and literature"-- Provided by publisher.
- "An intimate exploration of motherhood, Linea Nigra approaches the worries and joys of childbearing from a diverse range of inspirations and traditions, from Louise Bourgeois to Ursula K. Le Guin to the indigenous Nahua model Luz Jiménez. Part memoir and part manifesto, Barrera's singular insights, delivered in candid prose, clarify motherhood while also cherishing the mysteries of the body. Writing through her first pregnancy, birthing, breastfeeding, and young motherhood, Barrera embraces the subject fully, making lucid connections between maternity, earthquakes, lunar eclipses, and creative labor. Inspired by the author's own mother's painting practice, Linea Nigra concludes with an impassioned call: childbearing is art, and art is childbearing."-- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I. The Pregnant Image
- II. Linea Nigra
- III. White Nights.
- Notes:
- Photographs (black and white) on endpapers.
- "This book is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts."--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781949641301
- 1949641309
- OCLC:
- 1262118836
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