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 22
Page 76
... touch the teeth . The noseband must be tight but not so tight that the horse cannot breathe . And she must be able to accept tidbits from the rider's hand . The throat latch , however , should be fastened loosely . Nature [ The horse ] ...
... touch the teeth . The noseband must be tight but not so tight that the horse cannot breathe . And she must be able to accept tidbits from the rider's hand . The throat latch , however , should be fastened loosely . Nature [ The horse ] ...
Page 90
... touch ourselves . We place our hands over our vulvas . We search . To put the clitoris out of reach , the lips of the vagina are sewn together . We cannot swear that we are virgins . A hymen is sewn into place . Our vulvas are too ...
... touch ourselves . We place our hands over our vulvas . We search . To put the clitoris out of reach , the lips of the vagina are sewn together . We cannot swear that we are virgins . A hymen is sewn into place . Our vulvas are too ...
Page 156
... touching . The room of the dressing where the women are afraid to touch . Where the women are not close . Where the women keep themselves at a distance . Where the temptation to speak becomes large and the fear of speaking larger ...
... touching . The room of the dressing where the women are afraid to touch . Where the women are not close . Where the women keep themselves at a distance . Where the temptation to speak becomes large and the fear of speaking larger ...
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 |