Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 16
Page 29
And it is said that nature endows woman with a superabundant beauty so that
she might attract a male , but that this beauty vanishes after she has bred one or
two children , just as the ant loses her wings after fertilization . And it is warned
that ...
And it is said that nature endows woman with a superabundant beauty so that
she might attract a male , but that this beauty vanishes after she has bred one or
two children , just as the ant loses her wings after fertilization . And it is warned
that ...
Page 86
The woman before me was no longer forty - five but a lovely person with the taut
firm beauty of youth . DR . ROBERT ALYN FRANKLYN , Beauty Surgeon . . . no
one ever speaks of “ a beautiful old woman " . . . SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR , The ...
The woman before me was no longer forty - five but a lovely person with the taut
firm beauty of youth . DR . ROBERT ALYN FRANKLYN , Beauty Surgeon . . . no
one ever speaks of “ a beautiful old woman " . . . SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR , The ...
Page 119
Yes , they exclaimed , they are not opposed to natural beauty . But does not
charity ask that the mother prefer the life of her unborn infant over her own life ?
they asked . But “ beauty , ” they argued , is only a relative term , and beauty , they
said ...
Yes , they exclaimed , they are not opposed to natural beauty . But does not
charity ask that the mother prefer the life of her unborn infant over her own life ?
they asked . But “ beauty , ” they argued , is only a relative term , and beauty , they
said ...
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - bness2 - LibraryThingI realize this is considered a classic in feminist literature, but it is not anything like what I was expecting and I found Griffin's stream of consciousness style to be very distracting. This is not ... Read full review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - BLUEBELL - LibraryThingreading this is an experience in itself, not a passing of the time Read full review
Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
15 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
allow animals asked beauty become begin bird blood body breast called child cited continue count created darkness daughter death decided discovered dream ears earth energy existence eyes face fall fear feel feet female finally flesh forest Freud girls gives grow hair hands head hear hold horse human inside keep knew knowledge labor land laws learned less light lives longer look matter measures mind mother motion mouth move movement nature never night observed ourselves pain possible reason remember rivers secret separate shape skin soil sound space speak speed stand story tell things thought told touch trees turn universe voice wave wind woman womb women writes written young
References to this book
Bibliographic information
| Title | Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |