The Word for Woman Is Wilderness

The Word for Woman Is Wilderness
Author :
Publisher : Two Dollar Radio
Total Pages : 250
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781937512804
ISBN-13 : 1937512800
Rating : 4/5 (800 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Word for Woman Is Wilderness by : Abi Andrews

Download or read book The Word for Woman Is Wilderness written by Abi Andrews and published by Two Dollar Radio. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE OFFICIAL NORTH AMERICAN EDITION "Beguiling, audacious... rises to its own challenges in engaging intellectually as well as wholeheartedly with its questions about gender, genre and the concept of wilderness. The novel displays wide reading, clever writing and amusing dialogue." —The Guardian This is a new kind of nature writing — one that crosses fiction with science writing and puts gender politics at the center of the landscape. Erin, a 19-year-old girl from middle England, is travelling to Alaska on a journey that takes her through Iceland, Greenland, and across Canada. She is making a documentary about how men are allowed to express this kind of individualism and personal freedom more than women are, based on masculinist ideas of survivalism and the shunning of society: the “Mountain Man.” She plans to culminate her journey with an experiment: living in a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, a la Thoreau, to explore it from a feminist perspective. The book is a fictional time capsule curated by Erin, comprising of personal narrative, fact, anecdote, images and maps, on subjects as diverse as The Golden Records, Voyager 1, the moon landings, the appropriation of Native land and culture, Rachel Carson, The Order of The Dolphin, The Doomsday Clock, Ted Kaczynski, Valentina Tereshkova, Jack London, Thoreau, Darwin, Nuclear war, The Letters of Last Resort and the pill, amongst many other topics. "Refreshingly outward-looking in a literary culture that turns ever inward to the self, although it still has profound moments of introspection. Uplifting, with a thirsty curiosity, the writing is playful and exuberant. Riffing on feminist ideas but unlimited in scope, Andrews focuses our attention on our beautiful, doomed planet, and the astonishing things we have yet to discover." —Ruth McKee, The Irish Times


The Word for Woman Is Wilderness Related Books

The Word for Woman Is Wilderness
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Abi Andrews
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-19 - Publisher: Two Dollar Radio

GET EBOOK

THE OFFICIAL NORTH AMERICAN EDITION "Beguiling, audacious... rises to its own challenges in engaging intellectually as well as wholeheartedly with its questions
I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays About the Women Singers Who've Made Me Who I Am
Language: en
Pages: 181
Authors: Zachary Pace
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-01-23 - Publisher: Two Dollar Radio

GET EBOOK

I Sing to Use the Waiting is a vital and affecting reflection on how popular culture can shape personal identity. With remarkable grace, candor, and a poet’s
Ebony
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African Ameri
Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Robert Lopez
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-03-14 - Publisher: Two Dollar Radio

GET EBOOK

"That I was born Puerto Rican was happenstance, but that I have no connection to what it means is no accident. My grandparents made conscious decisions and so d
The Hare
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Melanie Finn
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-26 - Publisher: Two Dollar Radio

GET EBOOK

* 2021 Vermont Book Award, Winner. * 2021 New England Book Awards, Finalist. * A3C Reads: March 2023 Book of the Month. "A Most Anticipated Book of 2021" —Ell