Good Girls [Hardcover]

Maya Goded (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2006

“I grew up in Mexico City, where Christian morals decree what a ‘good girl’ should be, making a myth of maternity and virginity, as if our bodies determined what we’re worth as persons and, in the end, our destinies.”—Maya Goded
 
A young artist in search of answers to the secrets and meanings enclosed within women’s bodies sets out alone to find the truth. Accompanies an inter-national traveling exhibition. 

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About the Author

Born in Mexico City, Maya Goded has had her work exhibited in numerous venues including the Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey Museum in Mexico; the European Festival for the Arts, Brussels; Rotterdam Museum of Art; The Women's Museum of Denmark; Foto Fest, Houston, Texas; and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Umbrage Editions (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884167624
• ISBN-13: 978-1884167621
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 11.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,312,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Profoundly Good Photography, May 12, 2007

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Adam Gori (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Girls (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful and, I think, an important book. The photographs are sincere in their questioning and in their treatment and respect of a complex and challenging subject. The women photographed are, culturally speaking, commodified sexual objects, coerced by poverty or outright kidnapping into sexual service, their existence pushed underground, their bodies and spirits battered and traumatized. Ms. Goded succeeds in photographing the spirit and the inwardness of these women. It is a deeply moving and challenging book. The photographs themselves are rich and profoundly seen, and truly they transcend irrelevant questions of good or bad photographs. They exist, and in this instance that is what matters. They are an example of what photography can do if approached with understanding, with a purity of spirit, and a reverence for life.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I am sorry, but..., September 7, 2007

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I. Hladni - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Girls (Hardcover)

only 2 photos made me stop for more than a second because there was some profound emotion visible on the people photographed, the other photos were simply bleh

I'm sorry I bought it. I can't even give it away since I'm so unimpressed by it.