Description: Further DetailsTitle: HerostoriesCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/04/2023EAN: 9781646052288ISBN: 9781646052288Publisher: Deep Vellum PublishingDescription: Herostories reveals tales untold by most history books: the harrowing journeys and vital triumphs of nineteenth - and twentieth century midwifery in the vast landscape of Iceland. Composed from the memoirs and biographies of 100 Icelandic midwives, poet-historian Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir’s found poems illuminate the dangers and valor of birthwork. Forgoing traditional sagas of androcentric conquest, these poems center the adventures of ljósmæður, “mothers of light.” Tómasdóttir leverages epic elements—dashing mountain treks, rivers forded on horseback, unyielding compassion—to challenge how and by whom stories become legend. The follow-up to Tómasdóttir and Thors’ award-winning, PEN-nominated Stormwarning, Herostories documents the professional achievements of Iceland's first women to work outside the home, precursors to today’s midwives who remain central to contemporary health care on the island. Beyond archival recognition, the text's formally ambitious poetics render gender-based battles for literacy and education alongside narratives of selfless womanly caretaking, pressurizing the fundamental tensions between feminine self-actualization and the romanticized service of these trailblazing figures.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 177mmItem Length: 127mmTranslator: KB ThorsContributor: KB Thors (Translated by)Genre: MedicineTopic: Poetry & DramaAuthor: Kristn Svava TomasdottrRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Herostories
Title: Herostories
Release Date: 05/04/2023
Release Year: 2023
EAN: 9781646052288
ISBN: 9781646052288
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: KB Thors
Contributor: KB Thors (Translated by)
Book Title: Herostories
Number of Pages: 162 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Unnamed Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Women Authors, European / General, Subjects & Themes / Places
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 9.2 Oz
Item Length: 7 in
Author: Kristin Svava Tomasdottir
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
