Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 450 pages
- Published by: W. W. Norton & Company May 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0393320464
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393320466
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Reader Reviews
I find the stories in this book to be a highly entertaining read and am excited to have it as a resource for any possible future daughters of my own. When I was a girl, I often sought stories that depicted female heroines (Scout from to Kill a Mockingbird, Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Eleanore of Aquitane, Queen Elizabeth, Athena, Isis) and it is fantastic to have a compendium of world myths and stories that reflect admiration for females. As an anthropologist, I would like to respond to thebelow that "there is no culture on earth right now that is matriarchal-and there very likely never has been." That is untrue. Many cultures are and were of various matriarchal forms. Currently, the Mosuo, Minangkabau, Hopi, Iroquois, Navajo and Cherokee for instance, are matriarchal. So were the Arkadians (ancient Greek culture), the Nair(India) and many more throughout the world and throughout history than I care to write here. I highly recommend this book.
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