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Sobre las alas del mundo, Audubon by Jérémie Royer, Fabien Grolleau
2 reviews
deboraaahchu's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Colonisation
First up, this graphic novel is gorgeous: the drawings are stunning, and it was incredible to experience how the world must have once looked and sounded, teeming with life, before we wrecked things. However, the way the authors handled Audubon's biography is a massive disappointment that cannot be overlooked. Yes, he was an important figure in Western early sciences, but Audubon was also a 'man of his time' -- namely, a huge asshole. If you're going to write about his life, you need to include these dark facts too. However, other than playing it a bit of lip service in the introduction, they don't reckon with the fact that Audubon was part of the colonisation of America, which destroyed the lives and livelihoods of indigenous people, and uprooted them from their homes. Even his whole endeavour to catalogue the birds of America was, in a way, a project of colonisation. Also, instead of acknowledging that Audubon owned slaves and openly supported the slave trade, they did something truly bizarre instead:eamily's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Abandonment
Minor: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail