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. |
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Page 97
The daughter from the mother . Somewhere we heard the story that she who made the earth yield , the seed grow , had her daughter taken from her . We heard that one day when her daughter was playing in the fields the earth separated and ...
The daughter from the mother . Somewhere we heard the story that she who made the earth yield , the seed grow , had her daughter taken from her . We heard that one day when her daughter was playing in the fields the earth separated and ...
Page 119
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 , has been said to exist only in the eye of ...
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 , has been said to exist only in the eye of ...
Page 156
In which she is afraid of becoming her mother . This labyrinth . The place that turns back on itself . The room in which the women grow up . In which they are no longer awkward in their clothing . In which they grow out of clumsiness .
In which she is afraid of becoming her mother . This labyrinth . The place that turns back on itself . The room in which the women grow up . In which they are no longer awkward in their clothing . In which they grow out of clumsiness .
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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
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Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her Harper colophon books |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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