Gyn/ecology : the metaethics of radical feminism / Mary Daly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daly, Mary, 1928-2010.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Feminism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social ethics.

Women's rights.

Women's Rights.

feminism.

social ethics.

Medical Subjects:

Women's Rights.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

xviii, 485 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Gynecology

Gynecology, the metaethics of radical feminism.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, [1978]

Summary:

Includes sections on Indian suttee, Chinese footbinding, African genital mutilation, and European witchburning.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Daly, Mary, 1928-2010. Gyn/ecology.

ISBN:

0807015105

9780807015100

0807015113

9780807015117

OCLC:

4136144