Woman and nature: the roaring inside herA 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 |
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Page 97
was then seized with a raging headache, that his skull seemed to burst, that from
his skull was born a daughter in his image, wielding a sword and shouting. Her
will from her body. The knower from the known. The speaker from the mute.
was then seized with a raging headache, that his skull seemed to burst, that from
his skull was born a daughter in his image, wielding a sword and shouting. Her
will from her body. The knower from the known. The speaker from the mute.
Page 111
In the mother's body is a different kind of helplessness. She stands with one hand
on her hip, another shading her eyes from the sun, looking toward her daughter.
Whatever her daughter tried to say was not something she could understand.
In the mother's body is a different kind of helplessness. She stands with one hand
on her hip, another shading her eyes from the sun, looking toward her daughter.
Whatever her daughter tried to say was not something she could understand.
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We say we have found hatred in the mother for the daughter and in the daughter
for the mother. We say of our mothers that parts of them are lost to us, that our
mothers come back to us dismembered, that in the effort Waves to recover them ...
We say we have found hatred in the mother for the daughter and in the daughter
for the mother. We say of our mothers that parts of them are lost to us, that our
mothers come back to us dismembered, that in the effort Waves to recover them ...
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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
Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was Therefor Them | 56 |
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| Title | Woman and nature: the roaring inside her |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0060907444, 9780060907440 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › › Cooking / Beverages / Wine & Spirits Feminism Nature Religion / Spirituality Sex role Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / General Social Science / Women's Studies Women |
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