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Phoolan Devi, Rebel Queen

de Claire Fauvel

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"She rebelled against the ancient tribal rules in her country of India, resulting in her becoming a Robin Hood type bandit. Essentially sold at the age of 11 to become a wife for a much older man, she ran away when he raped her. From that point on, there were few choices for her but to join a roaming gang of bandits, her ambition leading her to become their rebel chief. Ultimately, society caught up with her and she even became a strong voice for change, women, and social justice as a representative in the Indian parliament. A story of courage and unbending determination in front of centuries of established inequities in the classic Indian caste system."--Back cover.… (mais)
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Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
*Received via NetGalley for review*

An inspiring story about young Phoolan, who suffered terribly for the facts that she was born low caste and a woman, but who was able to overcome this with courage, defiance, and tenacity.

Definitely one to hand to female high schoolers who are despairing about the lack of justice we see in this world.

I do wish that Fauvel had included a pronunciation guide with the foreword (especially for "Phoolan"), and some of the Hindi (? I assume) words were italicized with definitions provided and others were not. ( )
  Elna_McIntosh | Sep 29, 2021 |
Livre sombre, avec des images toujours torturées et parfois d’une grande violence, pour mettre en image l’autobiographie de cette femme dont je n’avais jamais entendu parler. Claire Fauvel l’explique dans sa note introductive, elle s’appuie sur l’autobiographie de cette femme, sans avoir cherché à démêler le vrai du faux. C’est donc un récit brut qui nous est donné à lire et à voir. Le sujet, c’est la reine des brigands, mais c’est aussi les traditions qui étouffent les femmes et les basses castes, l’impossibilité de la justice, et tout cela est beaucoup moins romantique. Le livre est donc dur, mais une fois ouvert, je n’ai pas pu le lâcher. Le dessin n’est pas forcément ma tasse de thé mais il montre l’urgence, la nervosité et se marie donc bien avec le sujet, dont il renforce la noirceur et l’abyssale impunité qui existe toujours autour de ce sujet dans cet immense pays qu’est l’Inde.
  raton-liseur | Feb 20, 2021 |
In this true story, a child bride from a low caste in India gets caught in a cycle of rape, violence, and revenge, rising from victim to the leader of a bandit gang that robs from the rich and gives to the poor but also perpetrates a village massacre. Steeped in sexism and rape culture, Phoolan Devi is a complex person who became a polarizing activist for women's rights.

I had never heard of her before picking up this graphic novel, but the writing and art do a good job of portraying her fascinating and violent life.

Trigger warning: multiple graphic scenes of rape. ( )
  villemezbrown | Dec 1, 2020 |
When most societies are already firmly patriarchal, how much harder is it to be a woman when you are also of a low caste and from a poor family within that caste to boot? Would you fight back against the injustices meted out to you? Would you stand up for other women and children mistreated, raped, and abused as you were? Would you become the powerful woman whose name was whispered, then lauded, then shouted? Phoolan Devi was one such woman. Claire Fauvel has essentially adapted Devi's dictated autobiography (Devi was illiterate) in her graphic biography of the famous, late dacoit (an armed robber).

Phoolan Devi was a child who spoke out against injustice, even when that injustice was perpetrated by her own extended family. But a girl child doesn't have a lot of power and so she was punished, married off at the age of 11 to a much older man who raped her, spat upon and reviled for fleeing her abusive husband. When, as a young woman, she finally escapes her village in the company of dacoits, she changes her own life, earning power and respect from the other outlaws, and enabling her to take revenge on the rich and powerful who abused and destroyed the women and children in their lives. She became a courageous and avenging symbol of justice to many, eventually being elected to the Indian Parliament before being assassinated by extremists in 2001.

Fauvel illustrates the story of Phoolan Devi's life in earth tones and dark colors, reflecting both the despair of what she endured and the land she spent so much time living and hiding in. She doesn't shy away from graphic depictions of the rape and abuse that Devi endured and she depicts the extremes of emotion very well even if the faces of her characters are sometimes rather oddly drawn. Fauvel has chosen to use Devi's own words in the story, wanting the simple but direct language of the woman herself but that means that she cannot fill in pieces of Devi's life that are covered less extensively or not at all in the autobiography, such as how she went from a regional rebel to a nationally well known dacoit who inspired fear in others, or the years she spent serving in government. The rape by her husband is brutal and several pages long, as it should be as a (the?) major catalyst for her life's decisions, but it is also hard to read and view. The story here is a pretty fascinating one. I had never heard of Phoolan Devi before but I wish her life had been a little further fleshed out so that I had a better sense of her as a real person rather than a character. ( )
  whitreidtan | Jun 25, 2020 |
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