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 115
1973 ) It is said that what is heard is a delusion of the senses . That sound
consists of waves . That the wave is a momentary shape produced by energy
traveling through molecules of air , or wood , or steel . Whether this wave is heard
by the ...
1973 ) It is said that what is heard is a delusion of the senses . That sound
consists of waves . That the wave is a momentary shape produced by energy
traveling through molecules of air , or wood , or steel . Whether this wave is heard
by the ...
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Each wave of a different speed causes a different place in the cochlea to play .
We have become instruments . The hairs lining the cochlea move . We hear . To
the speed of each wave the ear adds its own frequency . What is outside us ...
Each wave of a different speed causes a different place in the cochlea to play .
We have become instruments . The hairs lining the cochlea move . We hear . To
the speed of each wave the ear adds its own frequency . What is outside us ...
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The group velocity of waves . The period between one wave and another . Waves
of waves . We turned back to our mothers . We listened for the stories of their lives
. We heard old stories retold . The pitch . The volume . The timbre . We heard ...
The group velocity of waves . The period between one wave and another . Waves
of waves . We turned back to our mothers . We listened for the stories of their lives
. We heard old stories retold . The pitch . The volume . The timbre . We heard ...
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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 |
| Author | Susan Griffin |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0060115114, 9780060115111 |
| Length | 263 pages |
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