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Subversive seduction : Darwin, sexual selection, and the Spanish novel /
Male-male rivalry and female passive choice, the two principal tenets of Darwinian sexual selection, raise important ethical questions in The Descent of Man - and in the decades since - about the subjugation of women. If female choice is a key component of evolutionary success, what impact does the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Modern Language Initiative.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : The Indeterminacy of Natural Law
- Origins. The Very Notion of "Real" Reciprocity between Literature and Science ; The Power Dynamics of Sexual Selection ; Translations, Translators, and the Sexual Politics of Sexual Selection in Spain
- Adaptations. Suitors and Selectors - Jacinto Octavio Picón ; Rivalries and Rituals - Leopoldo Alas (Clarín) ; Heirs and Errors - Benito Pérez Galdós
- Speciations. A Romance with Darwin in the Evolutionary Noche of Alejandro Sawa ; The Religious Descent of Armando Palacio Valdés ; Emilia Pardo Bazán, Reproduction, and Change
- Conclusion : The Imperfect Science of Conscience.