2025年に出版レーベル「Crackers」より復刻された本作は、オリジナルのイタリア語ファクシミリに初となる全編の英語訳を併記したバイリンガル仕様となっています。作品の制作にとどまらず、教育と対話を通して既存の構造に問いを投げかけたアッカルディの姿勢を辿る一冊です。 ブックデザインは、アムステルダムを拠点に活動するデザインスタジオ、Sabō Dayによるもの。「The Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2025」受賞作。
First published in 1972 by Carla Accardi, 'Superiore e Inferiore' records discussions among middle school girls aged 10 to 13 about society’s discriminatory behaviour toward women. The students also reflected on the Manifesto of the revolutionary feminist group Rivolta Femminile - collectively written by Accardi, art critic and activist Carla Lonzi, and Elvira Banotti - which had first appeared on the walls of Rome in July 1970. Because she raised sex-related issues with her pupils, Accardi was dismissed and permanently barred from teaching (her letter of dismissal from the Italian Ministry of Education is included in the book’s introduction). Echoing Pasolini’s Comizi d’Amore (Love Meetings), Accardi’s own voice remains secondary, allowing space for the girls’ thoughts, narratives, opinions, and debates on the role of women and girls, family conflicts, and intimate relations. Designed by Sabō Day.
- Pages: 304 Size: 160 x 220 mm Softcover Color, black and white Italian, English