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Female of the Species / Barbara Voorhies, M. Kay Martin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1975]Copyright date: ©1975Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231038768
  • 9780231517645
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.41/2 18
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Quintessence of Sex -- 2. Sex as a Biological Process -- 3. Origins of Some Sex-Linked Traits -- 4. Supernumerary Sexes -- 5. The Biosocial World of Nonhuman Primates -- 6. The Science of Man Looks at Woman -- 7. Woman the Gatherer -- 8. Women in Horticultural Society -- 9. Women in Agricultural Society -- 10. Women in Pastoral Society -- 11. Women in Industrial Society -- References -- Index
Summary: Female of the Species is an attempt to use the approach of traditional anthropology in the examination of the position of women at the species level. While Martin and Voorhies recognize that there are fundamental differences between men and women that stem from basic biological differences, they are committed to the proposition that culture rather than biology plays the more critical role in determining those features of behavior which ultimately dichotomize the sexes. Female of the Species takes a step towards quantifying and understanding these cultural differences by looking at the changing roles women have played in society over time.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231517645

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Quintessence of Sex -- 2. Sex as a Biological Process -- 3. Origins of Some Sex-Linked Traits -- 4. Supernumerary Sexes -- 5. The Biosocial World of Nonhuman Primates -- 6. The Science of Man Looks at Woman -- 7. Woman the Gatherer -- 8. Women in Horticultural Society -- 9. Women in Agricultural Society -- 10. Women in Pastoral Society -- 11. Women in Industrial Society -- References -- Index

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Female of the Species is an attempt to use the approach of traditional anthropology in the examination of the position of women at the species level. While Martin and Voorhies recognize that there are fundamental differences between men and women that stem from basic biological differences, they are committed to the proposition that culture rather than biology plays the more critical role in determining those features of behavior which ultimately dichotomize the sexes. Female of the Species takes a step towards quantifying and understanding these cultural differences by looking at the changing roles women have played in society over time.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)