Gyn/Ecology: the Metaethics of Radical Feminism

Boston: Beacon Press, 1978. 1st ed., third printing. Hardcover. About very good(+) in a good edge-chipped jacket in archival mylar. Bindings is solid. Leaves are clean.. xviii, 485 pages; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: The metapatriarchal journey of exorcism and ecstasy. The first passage: processions. Prelude to the first passage; Deadly deception: mystification through myth; Dismemberment by Christian and Postchristian myth -- The second passage: the sado-ritual syndrome: the re-enactment of goddess murder. Prelude to the second passage; Indian suttee: the ultimate consummation of marriage; Chinese footbinding: on footnoting the three-inch "lotus hooks"; African genital mutilation: the unspeakable atrocities; European witchburnings: purifying the body of Christ; American gynecology: gynocide by the holy ghosts of medicine and therapy; Nazi medicine and American gynecology: a torture cross-cultural comparison -- The third passage: gyn/ecology: spinning new time/space. Prelude to the third passage; Spooking: exorcism, escape, and enspiriting process; Sparking: the fire of female friendship; Spinning: cosmic tapestries.

Includes sections on Indian suttee, Chinese footbinding, African genital mutilation, and European witchburning. Daly, Mary, 1928-2010.

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