Feminism and Evolutionary Biology
Chapman and Hall (Verlag)
978-0-412-07361-8 (ISBN)
Standing at the intersection of evolutionary biology and feminist theory is a large audience interested in the questions one field raises for the other. Have evolutionary biologists worked largely or strictly within a masculine paradigm, seeing males as evolving and females as merely reacting passively or carried along with the tide? Would our view of nature `red in tooth in claw' be different if women had played a larger role in the creation of evolutionary theory and through education in its transmission to younger generations? Is there any such thing as a feminist science or feminist methodology? For feminists, does any kind of biological determinism undermine their contention that gender roles purely constructed, not inherent in the human species? Does the study of animals have anything to say to those preoccupied with the evolution and behavior of humans? All these questions and many more are addressed by this book, whose contributing authors include leading scholars in both feminism and evolutionary biology. Bound to be controversial, this book is addressed to evolutionary biologists and to feminists and to the large number of people interested in women's studies.
1 Introduction: Darwinian Feminists and Feminist Evolutionists.- Section I Feminist Biologists Looking at Feminist Evolutionary Biologists.- 2 Possible Implications of Feminist Theories for the Study of Evolution.- 3 Feminism and Behavioral Evolution: A Taxonomy.- Section II Feminist Biologists Critique Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.- 4 The Mask of Theory and the Face of Nature.- 5 Quantitative Genetics, Feminism, and Evolutionary Theories of Gender Differences.- 6 The Curious Courtship of Sociobiology and Feminism: A Case of Irreconcilable Differences.- Section III Practical Issues: The Feminism Question in Science.- 7 Hiring Selection.- 8 A Feeling for the Organism? An Empirical Look at Gender and Research Choices of Animal Behaviorists.- Section IV On and Beyond the Female Perspective.- 9 Sexual Alliances: Evidence and Evolutionary Implications.- 10 Male and Female Perceptions of Pair-Bond Dynamics: Monogamy in Western Gulls, Larus occidentalis.- 11 The “Nature” of Sex Differences: Myths of Male and Female.- 12 The Role of Females in Extra Pair Copulations in Socially Monogamous Territorial Animals.- 13 Mate Choice and Intrasexual Reproductive Competition: Contributions to Reproduction That Go Beyond Acquiring More Mates.- 14 Female Influences on Male Reproductive Success.- 15 Sexual Dialectics, Sexual Selection, and Variation in Reproductive behavior.- 16 “In the Belly of the Monster”: Feminism, Developmental Systems, and Evolutionary Explanations.- Section V Darwinian Feminism and Human Affairs.- 17 Darwinian Medicine Dawning in a Feminist Light.- 18 Femicide: An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective.- 19 The Evolutionary History of Human Parental Investment in Relation to Population Growth and Social Stratification.- 20 Female Choice in the Contextof Artificial Insemination by Donor.- 21 An Empirical Test of the Bodyguard Hypothesis.- Section VI Boundary Battles and Frontier Conflicts.- 22 Inextricably Entwined: Politics, Biology, and Gender-Dimorphic behavior.- 23 Commentary.- 24 Parental Investment—Minding the Kids or Keeping Control?.- 25 The Emperor’s Moth.- 26 On Science, Identity Politics, and Group-Speak.- 27 Telling the Stories of Life and Refraining the Questions: Evolutionary Biology and Feminism.- 28 Females and Feminists, Science and Politics, Evolution and Change: An Essay.- Section VII Permeable Boundaries.- 29 Myths of Genetic Determinism.
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Illustrations, black and white; 648 p. 2 illus. |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| ISBN-10 | 0-412-07361-7 / 0412073617 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-412-07361-8 / 9780412073618 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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