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Feminism and Evolutionary Biology: Boundaries, Intersections and Frontiers
P. Gowaty
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Description for Feminism and Evolutionary Biology: Boundaries, Intersections and Frontiers
paperback. 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? This book addresses these questions. Num Pages: 648 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 895.
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? ... Read more
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? ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Springer United Kingdom
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412073618
SKU
V9780412073618
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