| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 261 pages) |
| Contents |
History Matters -- The Psychology of Selling Gender -- Abraham's Seed -- Covering the Field -- The Science of Sex: Aristotle's Seel and Soil -- The Seeds of Christianity -- Burning Desire: The Witch as Female -- The Nineteenth Century: Less Sex, More Lies -- Freud's Fantasy -- The Contemporary Legacy -- Fair's Fair |
| Summary |
Among numerous ancient Western tropes about gender and procreation, ""the seed and the soil"" is arguably the oldest, most potent, and most invisible in its apparent naturalness. In <span style=""font-style:italic;"">Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud, Al Jones de-naturalizes the proto-theory of "seed-and-soil" procreation and deconstructs its contemporary legacy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-255) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Sex role -- Philosophy
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Biology -- Social aspects -- Philosophy
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Nature and nurture -- Philosophy
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Feminist theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Feminist theory
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Sex role -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021675997 |
| ISBN |
9780739190975 |
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0739190970 |
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9780739190975 |
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1498505368 |
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9781498505369 |
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