Table of Contents

1. How a Texan Man Became an Admirer of Chinese Goddesses
2. The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization
3. The Legendary Age of the Goddess
4. The Original Partnership of Sexes
5. Deities of Living Lands and Seas
6. Goddess Realms of Prehistoric China
7. Confucian Myths of the Golden Age
8. The Fall of Chinese Women
9. The Goddesses’ Outlaws
10. Women’s Powers in Popular Daoism
11. How Women Changed Buddhism in China and Tibet
12. Confucianism as a Cult of “Mamas’ Boys”
13. Family Values in the Warlord Age, and Now
14. Goddess Religions of the Modern and Planetary Age

Promotional Information

Co-op available

Advance reader copies available and distributed at ALA Midwinter

Select bookseller ARC mailing

U.S. and Canada national print campaign targeting feature coverage from major newspapers (particularly on the West Coast), women’s magazines from O, The Oprah Magazine to Ms. Magazine, popular religious publications like Shambhala Sun, and Asian American publications. We will also pitch stories to Chinese English-language newspapers.

U.S. radio campaign targeting shows like Krista Tippet’s On Being and supported by an ad in RTIR

Galley giveaways through Library Thing and Goodreads

Video trailer produced by Alex Cox/ 2 Dogs Filming

Promotion through www.exterminatingangel.com and through the author’s social media networks at Beliefnet.com and Multiply.com

We will look for additional promotional support from Chinese women’s associations across the U.S. and Canada and through organizations like the Women’s Studies Institute of China and Center for Partnership Studies, founded by Riane Eisler.

Academic outreach will include the development of a teacher’s guide and target professors of Chinese culture, philosophy, and history, Eastern religion, comparative religion, and women’s studies. The book will also be promoted in all relevant Consortium subject catalogs and displayed at appropriate academic conferences.

Molly Mikolowski will support publicity efforts and consult on marketing plans for this title.

About the Author

Brian Griffith grew up in Texas, studied history at the University of Alberta, and now lives just outside of Toronto, Ontario. He is an independent historian who examines how cultural history influences our lives, and how collective experience offers insights for our future. He is the author of The Gardens of Their Dreams: Desertification and Culture in World History, Different Visions of Love: Partnership and Dominator Values in Christian History, Correcting Jesus: 2000 Years of Changing the Story, and A Galaxy of Immortal Women: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization.

Reviews

ForeWord Reviews Mother's Day Staff Pick: "Books Mom Will Love" "Written in a readable first person and presented in textbook format with chapter subheads, this catalogue of goddesses ranges from the dawn of creation and the half-snake goddess Nu Wa, to 20th century heroines such as Deng Yingchao, wife of Zhou Enlai. In addition to serving as a valuable historical reference guide, Griffith's study sheds light on the evolution of women's roles in Chinese society." --Publishers Weekly "To read through this compendium of female icons in the Chinese culture is to appreciate the ebb and flow of the changing Chinese environment across the thousands of years and especially to appreciate the role women have played in such a changing culture." --New York Journal of Books