Susan Griffin

Mientras cautivaban a algunos de los hombres más ilustres de Europa, las cortesanas de la historia obtenían riquezas, poder, educación y libertad sexual en un momento en que todo ello estaba vedado a las demás mujeres. Mogador, Sarah Bernhardt, Coco Chanel o la Bella Otero: damas osadas que contribuyeron a derrumbar algunas de las restricciones morales, sociales y económicas propias de una sociedad machista.

Mientras cautivaban a algunos de los más ilustres hombres de Europa haciendo alarde de sus habilidades tanto en sociedad como en la intimidad, las grandes cortesanas obtuvieron riquezas, poder, educacion y libertad sexual en una epoca en que todo ello estaba vedado a las demas mujeres. Desde Mogador, que de bailarina afamada se convirtio en noble, hasta las fascinantes Sarah Bernhardt, la Bella Otero o Coco Chanel, pasando por la ilustrada Madame de Pompadour, este libro cuenta la vida de unas mujeres osadas que contribuyeron a que las demas mujeres se liberasen de las restricciones sociales, sexuales y economicas a que estaban confinadas.

In an elegant but contemporary voice, award-winning author Susan Griffin breaks down the creative process step-by-step, guiding the reader through a practical course in how to begin and end a work of literature, whether fiction or nonfiction, poetry, or proseThe distinguished author of more than twenty-two books, many award-winning, Susan Griffin distills daily wisdom garnered from more than five decades teaching creative writing and editing manuscripts, as well as from her own writing. This collection of brief but ultimately pithy chapters designed to help beginning writers get started also guides experienced writers through blocks and difficulties of all kinds.Organized according to a practical timeline, Out of Silence, Sound. Out of Nothing, Something. elucidates the process of writing from beginning to end, presenting an approach that is similar to the practice of meditation as it encourages and enlarges the minds intrinsic capacity for creativity. An autobiographical account, a sometimes humorous, at times moving essay called How I Learned to Write is threaded throughout the book.

In this famously provocative cornerstone of feminist literature, Susan Griffin explores the identification of women with the earthboth as sustenance for humanity and as victim of male rage. Starting from Platos fateful division of the world into spirit and matter, her analysis of how patriarchal Western philosophy and religion have used language and science to bolster their power over both women and nature is brilliant and persuasive, coming alive in poetic prose.Griffin draws on an astonishing range of sourcesfrom timbering manuals to medical texts to Scripture and classical literaturein showing how destructive has been the impulse to disembody the human soul, and how the long separated might once more be rejoined. Poet Adrienne Rich calls Woman and Nature"perhaps the most extraordinary nonfiction work to have merged from the matrix of contemporary female consciousnessa fusion of patriarchal science, ecology, female history and feminism, written by a poet who has created a new form for her vision. ...The book has the impact of a great film or a fresco; yet it is intimately personal, touching to the quick of womans experience."

What does is it mean to be a citizen of the United States? Susan Griffins provocative investigation of that question takes us from the Declaration of Independence to the Iraq War, with many stops in between. Her conclusion: democracy is nothing less than a revolution of consciousness, and the revolution has just begun.

Dans cet essai provocateur de 1978, pierre angulaire de la littérature féministe et de l’écoféminisme, traduit pour la première fois en français, Susan Griffin explore une représentation traditionnel

From Pulitzer-Prize-nominated author Susan Griffin comes an unprecedented, provocative look at the dazzling world of the Wests first independent women, whose lively liaisons brought them unspoken influence, wealth, and freedom.While they charmed some of Europes most illustrious men honing their social skills as well as their sexual ones, the great courtesans gained riches, power, education, and sexual freedom in a time when other women were denied all of these. From Imperia of sixteenth-century Rome, who personified the Renaissance ideal of beauty; Mme. de Pompadour, the arbiter of all things fashionable in eighteenth-century Paris and Versailles; Liane de Pougy, known in France during the Belle Epoque as Our National Courtesan; to Sarah Bernhardt, who, following in her mothers footsteps, supported herself in her early career with a second profession, The Book of the Courtesans tells the life stories and intricacies of the lavish lifestyles of these women. Unlike their geisha counterparts, courtesans neither lived in brothels nor bent their wills to suit their suitors. They were strong- willed, autonomous, and plucky.An open secret, their presence can be felt throughout our culture. The muses who enflamed the hearts and imaginations of our most celebrated artists, they were also artists in their own right. They wrote poetry and novels, invented the cancan at the Moulin Rouge, and presented celebrated acts at the Folies Bergeres. They helped to influence and shape the sensibility of modern literature, painting, and fashion. When Greek sculptor Praxiteles wanted to depict Venus he used a famous courtesan as a model, as in later centuries Titian, Veronese, Raphael, Giorgione, and Boucher did when they painted goddesses. When Marcel Proust was a young man it was the courtesan Laure Hayman who took him under her wing, introducing him to the right people, and providing inspiration for one of literatures greatest masterpieces. And they often had considerable political influence too. When King Louis XV needed advice on foreign affairs or appointments of state he turned to Jeanne du Barry as well as Pompadour.In her witty and insightful prose, as Griffin celebrates these alluring and fascinating women, she restores a lost legacy of womens history. She gives us the stories of these amazing women who, starting from impoverished or unimpressive beginnings, garnered chateaux, fine coaches, fabulous collections of jewelry, and even aristocratic titles along the way. And through a brilliant exploration of their extraordinary abilities, skills, and talents which Griffin playfully categorizes as their virtues "Timing, Beauty, Cheek, Brilliance, Gaiety, Grace, and Charm" her book explains how, while helping themselves, through their often outrageous, always entertaining examples, the great courtesans not only enriched our cultural heritage but helped to liberate women from the social, sexual, and economic strictures that confined them.Intensively researched and beautifully crafted, The Book of the Courtesans delves into scintillating but often hidden worlds, telling stories gleaned from many sources, including courtesans memoirs, presented along with stunning rare photographs to create memorable portraits of some of the most pivotal figures in womens history.

Cuando existe una voz que se pretende la única verdad, es inevitable que otras recurran al grito para explicar su diferencia. Así, Susan Griffin entreteje estas voces —parodia la cultura patriarcal y

Cuando existe una voz que simula disponer de la única verdad posible, es inevitable que haya otras que griten desde perspectivas diferentes. Así, Susan Griffin entreteje varias voces, parodiando la cultura patriarcal y dando voz a lo que y a quienes no la tienen, para buscar la idea de mujer y la de naturaleza creada por una cultura empeñada en la dominacion. Desde Platon hasta Jane Goodall, pasando por Darwin y Hannah Arendt, crea una forma nueva de ver y propone tener el valor de cambiar nuestra forma de entender el mundo y a nosotros mismos.Un ensayo que desprende poesia y una de las piedras angulares de la literatura feminista del siglo xx. Mujer y naturaleza inauguro el ecofeminismo en Estados Unidos y quiso mostrar lo destructivo de separar el cuerpo del alma, la emocion de la mente, la cultura de la naturaleza, y como podria volver a unirse lo que hace tanto tiempo que esta separado.