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 9
Page 74
... feed us and house us in exchange for our labor say , but difficult to handle , still , men count mules among their riches and among their godlike accomplishments , to have ordered nature , 74 MULES And the domesticated speak.
... feed us and house us in exchange for our labor say , but difficult to handle , still , men count mules among their riches and among their godlike accomplishments , to have ordered nature , 74 MULES And the domesticated speak.
Page 125
... ( Counting . She is counting . The number of seconds in a minute , the number of minutes in an hour , the number of hours ) He measures the distance from his land to his neighbor's land . He measures his wealth . He numbers his wives . He ...
... ( Counting . She is counting . The number of seconds in a minute , the number of minutes in an hour , the number of hours ) He measures the distance from his land to his neighbor's land . He measures his wealth . He numbers his wives . He ...
Page 127
... count , 71 were cities . They count the bombs . 128 129 130 They count 263 bombs and 1,446 megatons . 131 132 133 They count the dead to be 42 million . They imagine 42 million to be dead . They count the injured to be 17 million . They ...
... count , 71 were cities . They count the bombs . 128 129 130 They count 263 bombs and 1,446 megatons . 131 132 133 They count the dead to be 42 million . They imagine 42 million to be dead . They count the injured to be 17 million . They ...
Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
24 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adrienne Rich ALOIS PODHAJSKY animals asked atom beauty become bird blood body breast breath called Charles Darwin child cited in DC cited in MFM cited in PSV cited in TH clitoris count darkness Darwin daughter death discovered dream earth energy existence eyes fear feel female flesh forest Freud Garden girls hair hands head hear Hexenhaus horse ibid inside Johannes Kepler John James Audubon Kepler knew labor learned light lives Loren Eiseley Marie Curie matter milk mind mother motion mouth move movement Newton ourselves ovum pain particles plankton Press René Descartes rider Science sexual shape Sigmund Freud skin soil soul space speak species speed story Susan Griffin tambourine tell things thought told trees universe uterus violin voice vulva wave wind witches Woman and Nature WOMAN WOMAN WOMAN womb women words York
References to this book
Bibliographic information
| Title | Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her Harper colophon books |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |