Feminism and evolutionary biology : boundaries, intersections, and frontiers
Standing at the intersection of evolutionary biology and feminist theory is a large audience interested in the questions one field raises for the other. This text should be of interest to graduate students in biology, particularly evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology and theoretical biology.
xxi, 623 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780412073519, 9780412073618, 041207351X, 0412073617
1083062720
Boundaries and Intersections. Part I: Parity issues and evolution. A feeling for the organism? Gender and animal behaviour research; Hiring selection: A method for visualizing the effectiveness of affirmative action policies. Part II: Epistemology and methodological Issues: Deconstruction and reconstruction; Possible implications of feminist methodologies for the study of evolution; The evolution of sex; Impact of sociobiology on feminism: A double-edged sword?; Feminism and the study of animal behavior; Reinventing evolutionary epistemology; The mask of theory and the face of nature: The case of cooperative breeding birds. Part III: Feminist evolutionary biology. Power between the sexes: Where evolutionary biology and feminism converge?; Female genital mutilation: Evolutionary models of function; The evolutionary psychology of mate-guarding and the risk of homocide in homo sapiens; Dialectics of sex, sexual selection, and variation in mating behavior; Non-passive evolutionary history of human patterns of parental investment in relation to population growth and social inequality; In the belly of the monster: Feminism, developmental systems, and evolutionary explanations; Trading sex for safety and resources: The benefits of sexual alliances to female animals. Part IV: Criticism, response, and frontiers.
Includes index