Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 75
... myth- for example , when he announces that woman is pos- sessed of " an insatiable blood - thirst , " as demon- strated in the story ( related in Aeschylus and Apol- lodorus ) of how the women of Lemnos massacre all * Bachofen , trans ...
... myth- for example , when he announces that woman is pos- sessed of " an insatiable blood - thirst , " as demon- strated in the story ( related in Aeschylus and Apol- lodorus ) of how the women of Lemnos massacre all * Bachofen , trans ...
Page 79
... myth of matriarchy pieced together by Davis will perhaps never be completely disproven or veri- fied . But against all the works detailing woman's oppressed condition , Davis's book stands out as the first to create a counter - image ...
... myth of matriarchy pieced together by Davis will perhaps never be completely disproven or veri- fied . But against all the works detailing woman's oppressed condition , Davis's book stands out as the first to create a counter - image ...
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... myth , the male infant grows up into the son / lover , who later undergoes violence ( murder or castration ) at his mother's hands . The myth of killing the dragon ( another violence / blood myth ) recounts the test by which the young ...
... myth , the male infant grows up into the son / lover , who later undergoes violence ( murder or castration ) at his mother's hands . The myth of killing the dragon ( another violence / blood myth ) recounts the test by which the young ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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