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 39
Page 54
... Give me something , she says . What he gives her she takes into herself without asking why . She says now that the edges of what she sees are blurred . The edges of what she sees , and what she wants , and what she is saying , are ...
... Give me something , she says . What he gives her she takes into herself without asking why . She says now that the edges of what she sees are blurred . The edges of what she sees , and what she wants , and what she is saying , are ...
Page 104
... gives her ivory . He gives her perfume . ( The older matriarchs stand to the outside of the circle to protect the calves and younger mothers . ) He covers her with the skins of mink , beaver , muskrat , seal , raccoon , otter , ermine ...
... gives her ivory . He gives her perfume . ( The older matriarchs stand to the outside of the circle to protect the calves and younger mothers . ) He covers her with the skins of mink , beaver , muskrat , seal , raccoon , otter , ermine ...
Page 122
... gives him weight . Weight is his enemy . He seeks weightlessness . He casts away excess . He does not tolerate the ... give in to longing . ) He must take the air by surprise . ( He must not give in to terror . ) As his speed increases ...
... gives him weight . Weight is his enemy . He seeks weightlessness . He casts away excess . He does not tolerate the ... give in to longing . ) He must take the air by surprise . ( He must not give in to terror . ) As his speed increases ...
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 |