Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary Narratives

Taylor & Francis

Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary NarrativesAuthor(s): Venla Oikkonen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138094680, 978-1138094680\nSynopsis\nSince the early 1990s, evolutionary psychology has produced widely popular visions of modern men and women as driven by their prehistoric genes. In Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction in Evolutionary Narratives, Venla Oikkonen explores the rhetorical appeal of evolutionary psychology by viewing it as part of the Darwinian narrative tradition. \n\nRefusing to start from the position of dismissing evolutionary psychology as reactionary or scientifically invalid, the book examines evolutionary psychologists investments in such contested concepts as teleology and variation. The book traces the emergence of evolutionary psychological narratives of gender, sexuality and reproduction, encompassing: \n\nCharles Darwins understanding of transformation and sexual diffe.