The Body that Menstruates: countervisualities in the graphic humor produced by Fabiane Langona (2014-2021)
Maria da Conceição Francisca Pires
Abstract:The article examines the use of graphic humor to guide menstruation in cartoons and strips by cartoonist Fabiane Langona, published between 2014-2021 in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper and in her Instagram and Facebook profiles. The central purpose is to point out how, through the use of the grotesque and irony, graphic and discursive elements that characterize her work, the cartoonist strives to destigmatize the theme, facing the established taboos about the menstruating body and menstrual blood. I defend th… Show more
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