V Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

»Dieses Buch vertieft unnachgiebig unser Verständnis der menschlichen Natur.« Michael Cunningham Eve Ensler hat ihr Leben lang auf eine Entschuldigung gewartet. Von ihrem Vater, der sie als Kind missbraucht hat. Doch sie wartete vergebens, bis er schließlich starb. Kein Wort der Reue, keine Anerkennung ihres Leids. Nun, Jahrzehnte später, hat Ensler sich selbst einen Brief geschrieben, im Namen ihres Vaters, und bittet an seiner statt um Entschuldigung. Zeile für Zeile erobert sich Ensler ihren Vater, versucht seine Monstrosität nachzuzeichnen, aber auch den Menschen zu sehen. In dem Maße, in dem Arthur Ensler anerkennt, was er seiner Tochter angetan hat, ihr das Wie und Warum gesteht, kann sie ihn loslassen, sich von seinem Erbe befreien und zu sich selbst kommen.

Le ragazze capiscono tutto. È il loro modo speciale di essere nel mondo. Sanno tutto dell'amore, sanno consolare chi ne ha bisogno, hanno una spiccata intelligenza emotiva e affettiva, sanno anche quali colori abbinare, ma non per civetteria, solo per un innato senso del gusto. Spesso invece chi le guarda, chi vive con loro, sa poco o quasi niente delle loro vite. I genitori, la società, la religione vogliono etichettarle, manipolarle, impedire che si esprimano liberamente. Le pretendono belle, perfette, magre, obbedienti, sante. Non è difficile intuire quanto possa essere soffocante la condizione di ragazza, ma anche come renda le menti più attive e sognatrici, più ironiche rispetto a quelle dei loro coetanei maschi; come ne alimenti la forza, la consapevolezza. In queste pagine, adolescenti di ogni parte del mondo si esprimono, lamentano la solitudine, le imposizioni, i soprusi. Le ragazzine occidentali ossessionate dalla dieta e dal look, che fanno sesso senza sapere perché, le bambine segregate in casa, mutilate e picchiate in nome di un qualche Dio, le piccole operaie prigioniere nelle fabbriche, tutte raccontano lo stesso grande vuoto che da sempre è stato modellato intorno a loro. Come un paese senza nome, agli altri incomprensibile, sconosciuto. E svelano che non c'è niente di più falso della convinzione generale che la vita delle ragazze sia scandita esclusivamente da sequenze di fatti frivoli.

"..Starts with Eve Ensler's tortured relationship with her own "post-forties" stomach and her skirmishes with everything from Ab Rollers to fad diets and fascist trainers in an attempt to get the "flabby badness" out. As Eve hungrily seeks self-acceptance, she is joined by the voices of women from L.A. to Kabul, whose obsessions are also laid bare: A young Latina candidly critiques her humiliating "spread," a stubborn layer of fat that she calls "a second pair of thighs." The wife of a plastic surgeon recounts being systematically reconstructed - inch by inch - by her "perfectionist" husband. An ageing magazine executive, still haunted by her mother's long-ago criticism, describes her desperate pursuit of youth as she relentlessly does sit-ups." "Along the way, Eve also introduces us to women who have found a hard-won peace with their bodies: an African mother who celebrates each individual body as a sign of nature's diversity, and an Indian woman who transcends "treadmill mania" and delights in her plump cheeks and curves. Then there is the veiled Afghani woman who is willing to risk imprisonment for a taste of ice cream. These are just a few of the inspiring stories woven through Eve's global journey from obsession to enlightenment. Ultimately, these monologues become a personal wake-up call from Eve to love the "good bodies" we inhabit."--Book jacket

Über zweihundert Frauen und Mädchen, Singles, Ehefrauen, Lesben, Professorinnen, Arbeiterinnen, Schauspielerinnen und Prostituierte wurden von Eve Ensler zu ihrer Vagina befragt. Was würde deine Vagina anziehen? >Ein Abendkleid. Was würde sie sagen? Umarme mich. Die Vagina-Monologe sind eine kleine, kunstfertige Anregung zur weiblichen Selbsterkenntnis, eine liebevolle Aufforderung an alle Frauen, den eigenen Weg zur Lust zu finden. Am New Yorker Broadway waren die Vagina-Monologe ein Riesenerfolg und traten dann ihren Siegeszug auch durch die deutschen Theater an. Seit Erica Jongs >Angst vorm Fliegen

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