The Natural Enemies of Books: A Messy History of Women in Printing and Typography public and technical discourses

public and technical discourses

Hassan Kurbanbaev

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The Natural Enemies of Books: A Messy History of Women in Printing and Typography public and technical discoursesThe Natural Enemies of Books is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication Bookmaking on the Distaff Side, which brought together contributions by women printers, illustrators, authors, typographers and typesetters. It highlights the print industrys inequalities and proposes a takeover of the history of the book. Edited by feminist graphic design collective MMS (Maryam Fanni, Matilda Flodmark and Sara Kaaman), Natural Enemies includes several