TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guignard,Lilace Mellin
AU  - Killingsworth,M.Jimmie
TI  - When everything beyond the walls is wild: being a woman outdoors in America 
T2  - A Wardlaw book
SN  - 1623497655
AV  - GV191.52.G85 W54 2019eb
U1  - 796.082 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - College Station, Texas
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - Outdoorsmen
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women naturalists
KW  - Naturalists
KW  - Outdoor life
KW  - Outdoor recreation for women
KW  - Amateurs de plein air
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Femmes naturalistes
KW  - Naturalistes
KW  - Plein air
KW  - Loisirs de plein air féminins
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Sports
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - GAMES
KW  - Gambling
KW  - SPORTS & RECREATION
KW  - Business Aspects
KW  - Essays
KW  - History
KW  - Reference
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - Special Interest
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index; Setting out -- Twentieth-century road trip -- Independence, road trips, and backpacking -- Large as land -- Men and tents -- To reach green before dark -- Whitewater twenties -- Marking my territory -- Babes in the woods and on the rivers -- Risking play -- Rock-climbing thirties -- Toy equity -- Outside expectations -- En cordee feminine -- Becoming all animal -- Bicycles, motherhood, and midlife -- Blighted -- Self as habitat -- Age of adventure -- Fire in paradise -- Going home -- Twenty-first-century road trip
N2  - In When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild, Lilace Mellin Guignard draws from emblematic moments and relationships in her own life to explore issues of gender, recreation, and environmental conservation. Born into a suburban family, Guignard wanted to get up close and personal with iconic American landscapes, but social pressures and cautionary tales told her that these spaces were not meant for her as a woman. Reflecting on the ways our culture socializes women to remain indoors, Guignard shares her own struggles with finding her place outdoors. Refusing to stay indoors and "safe," Guignard drove cross-country with her dog, worked as a river guide, and set out to climb Mount Whitney. She recounts navigating outdoor interactions with male friends and strangers that range from wonderful to awkward to frightening. Now that she is settled with her own family, Guignard writes about how it is still more difficult for women than men to prioritize outdoor recreation time. These stories expose how cultural messages about women shape their experiences and interactions when backpacking, paddling, rock climbing, and bicycling. They broaden readers'notions of what adventure is, what places are considered wild and worth our care, and what types of people enjoy the outdoors. Drawing upon the art of the memoir--and informed by analysis from women's studies and ecological literature--Guignard makes an impassioned case for why women and marginalized members of society should have the opportunity to experience nature. The self-reliance and connection with the natural world that outdoor recreation fosters are qualities we all need in order to do the work required by the environmental challenges ahead.--Provided by publisher
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