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19-10-1980 / 17-4-1981. A date of birth and a date of death, six months apart. Valeria Cherchi grew up seeing her own name engraved on a tombstone: the namesake was her older sister, who died after being declared healthy at birth. She weighed 3,350 gr.

3,350 gr. Photographs and Letters on Obstetric Violence arises out of this personal story to investigare obstetric violence as a widespread, yet often unacknowledged, form of abuse. Moving between image, archive material and letters, Cherchi constructs a polyphonic narrative that brings together the myriad voices of the characters involved, opening up a space in which previously silenced experiences can finally be heard

English / Italian

206 pages, 11.5 x 16 cm, softcover
Published by Mousse
ISBN: 9788867497409