{"product_id":"roses-of-resistance-a-dozen-tales-of-active-flowers","title":"Roses of Resistance: A Dozen Tales of Active Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003eGertrude Stein said A Rose is a Rose is a Rose.\u003cbr\u003eBut sometimes a Rose isn't just a Rose - it's a\u003cbr\u003egentle weapon or tender tool - a call to action, a\u003cbr\u003esymbol or signal for others to follow.\u003cbr\u003eSharp thorns produce delicate roses - Ovid\u003cbr\u003eIn western European history roses have been\u003cbr\u003ecalled the 'Queen of Flowers' ~ from the time of\u003cbr\u003ethe Greeks to the Renaissance to 19th and 20th\u003cbr\u003ecentury England ~ the ever popular Cult of the\u003cbr\u003eRose.\u003cbr\u003eRoses became a significant symbol in literature\u003cbr\u003eduring the Roman Empire and later a symbol for\u003cbr\u003espirituality, romantic love and death. There are\u003cbr\u003emany rose legends; stories of how different\u003cbr\u003ecolored roses came into existence. One compelling\u003cbr\u003estory tells that while running after her mortal lover\u003cbr\u003eAdonis when attacked by a boar, the Greek\u003cbr\u003egoddess Aphrodite pricked herself and her blood\u003cbr\u003eturned a white rose red. (Or in another version a\u003cbr\u003ered rose bush sprung out of the ground from her\u003cbr\u003edripping blood). With the rise and growth of\u003cbr\u003eChristianity this flower symbol of the goddess of\u003cbr\u003elove Venus\/Aphrodite turned into a symbol of\u003cbr\u003eChrist\/Virgin Mary and began appearing in the\u003cbr\u003estained glass of Christian churches and mosaics.\u003cbr\u003eIn England during the historic Wars of the Roses,\u003cbr\u003ea deadly struggle for the throne, a white rose\u003cbr\u003erepresented the House of York and a red rose the\u003cbr\u003eHouse of Lancaster. As his mother was from the\u003cbr\u003eHouse of Lancaster and he married into the House\u003cbr\u003eof York - King Henry VII created the Tudor rose\u003cbr\u003esymbol, both red and white roses intertwined\u003cbr\u003etogether, cementing the end of the long wars and\u003cbr\u003eunifying the two family houses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the many types of roses there are many roads\u003cbr\u003eof resistance. In How to Do Nothing: Resisting the\u003cbr\u003eAttention Economy artist Jenny Odell illuminates\u003cbr\u003ethe rose gardens that 'want you to stay awhile'.\u003cbr\u003eI have documented here the Roses of Resistance\u003cbr\u003ebut there are other flowers now and in history ~\u003cbr\u003ecarnations of the democratic Carnation Revolution\u003cbr\u003eof Portugal, flower pins of the anti-Nazi Edelweiss\u003cbr\u003ePirates of Germany, illuminated environmental Yves\u003cbr\u003eRocher Buttercups of France, feminist White\u003cbr\u003eCamellia of Australia, and the anti-rape Flower\u003cbr\u003eDemos of Japan and sunflowers of Ukrainian\u003cbr\u003esolidarity. From large revolutions to intimate art\u003cbr\u003eactivist actions, they are our partners these\u003cbr\u003eflowers of awareness, rage and resistance ~\u003cbr\u003esprouting new opportunities in our continually\u003cbr\u003eevolving garden of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Federico Hewson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50971204157770,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/roses-of-resistance-a-dozen-tales-of-active-flowers-federico-hewson-5.jpg?v=1748789948","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/roses-of-resistance-a-dozen-tales-of-active-flowers","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}