Pornography and silence: Culture's revenge against nature [Hardcover]

Susan Griffin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1981

First Edition Hardcover (1981) in Very Good Condition. Dust Jackst shows considerable amount of wear along the edges, some scuffing and two tears of the cover. However, the actual book is very clean & unmarked, there is only one defect in the text: page 111 has a pinhead-size tear along the bottom of the page. Spine is firm. Despite the condition of the Dust Jacket, this is a nice clean copy. The Classic 1981 highly original, daring work, covering a wide array of disparate material such as: technical manuals, gynecology texts, early theologians statements, annals of American exploration, office manuals, poetry, dreams, etc. A book that explores ritual, science, history and imagination calling upon memory and mutilation and female anger, a very moving book. Prompt shipping with a Free Delivery Confirmation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 277 pages
• Publisher: Harper & Row; 1st edition (1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060116471
• ISBN-13: 978-0060116477
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,644,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Griffin has written over twenty books, including non-fiction, poetry and plays. Her work addresses many social and political issues, social justice, the oppression of women, ecology, war and peace, economic inequities and democracy. Often she approaches her subjects at a slant, using and following the music of language, metaphor, stories and incidents from her own life to reveal the underside of larger histories and realms. Her book, A Chorus of Stones, the Private Life of War, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a NY Times Notable book in the year it was published. Woman and Nature, considered a classic of environmental writing, is credited for inspiring the eco-feminist movement. The Book of the Courtesans introduced a hidden chapter in women's history. Along with her co-editor, Karin Carrington, who is a psychotherapist, she has just completed editing an anthology called Transforming Terror, Remembering the Soul of the World, with a preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and contributions from thinkers, psychologists, spiritual and political leaders and poets from diverse cultures and religions, including Mahmoud Darwish, Riane Eisler, Fritjof Capra, Huston Smith, Ariel Dorfman, Dan Ellsberg, and Fatema Mernissi. She is at work now on a novel about climate change and a non-fiction book, The Book of Housewifery, about the hidden meanings and values in domesticity. She and her work have been given many awards, among them a Guggenheim Foundation Award and an Emmy.