{"product_id":"the-word-for-woman-is-wilderness-9781937512798","title":"The Word for Woman Is Wilderness","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis is a new kind of nature writing -- one that crosses fiction with science writing and puts gender politics at the center of the landscape.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin, a 19-year-old girl from middle England, is traveling to Alaska on a journey that takes her through Iceland, Greenland, and across Canada. She is making a documentary about how men are allowed to express this kind of individualism and personal freedom more than women are, based on masculinist ideas of survivalism and the shunning of society: the \"Mountain Man.\" She plans to culminate her journey with an experiment: living in a cabin in the Alaskan wilderness, a la Thoreau, to explore it from a feminist perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a fictional time capsule curated by Erin, comprising of personal narrative, fact, anecdote, images and maps, on subjects as diverse as The Golden Records, Voyager 1, the moon landings, the appropriation of Native land and culture, Rachel Carson, The Order of The Dolphin, The Doomsday Clock, Ted Kaczynski, Valentina Tereshkova, Jack London, Thoreau, Darwin, Nuclear war, The Letters of Last Resort and the pill, amongst many other topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Word for Woman Is Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e is bold and inventive, both adventure story and statement, that introduces a fierce new talent in Abi Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Dollar Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937512798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abi Andrews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52210047189173,"sku":"9781937512798","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_31fee3dc-927b-461b-9575-451d647713c4.jpg?v=1770132222","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-word-for-woman-is-wilderness-9781937512798","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}