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Lesser, Elizabeth.
Subjects
Feminism.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Storytelling -- Social aspects.
Misogyny.
Sexism.
Equality.
American essays -- 21st century.
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Lesser, Elizabeth.
Feminism.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Storytelling -- Social aspects.
Misogyny.
Sexism.
Equality.
American essays -- 21st century.
MARC Display
Cassandra
speaks
:
when
women
are the
storytellers
, the
human
story
changes
/ Elizabeth Lesser.
by
Lesser, Elizabeth.
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
Call #:
814.6 L638c
Subjects
Feminism.
Women
in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Storytelling -- Social aspects.
Misogyny.
Sexism.
Equality.
American essays -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780062887184 (hc.)
Alternate title:
When
women
are the
storytellers
, the
human
story
changes
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"What
story
would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of
Cassandra
who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if
women
had been the
storytellers
? Elizabeth Lesser believes that if
women
's voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories; stories that value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over vengeance and violence.
Cassandra
Speaks
is about the stories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It's about the stories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales, the guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy tales passed down through the centuries about
women
and men, power and war, sex and love, and the values we live by. Stories written mostly by men with lessons and laws for all of humanity. We have outgrown so many of them, and still they endure. This book is about what happens
when
women
are the
storytellers
too,
when
we speak from our authentic voices,
when
we flex our values,
when
we become protagonists in the tales we tell about what it means to be
human
.
Cassandra
Lesser has walked two main paths in her life: the spiritual path and the feminist one -- paths that sometimes cross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes.
Cassandra
Speaks
is her extraordinary merging of the two. The bestselling author of Broken Open and Marrow, Lesser is a beloved spiritual writer, as well as a leading feminist thinker. In this book she gives equal voice to the cool water of her meditative self and the fire of her feminist self. With her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate."
Genre:
Essays.
Holds:
1
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Tantallon Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
814.6 L638c
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Jul 23, 2024
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