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Subversive Seduction
Darwin, Sexual Selection, and the Spanish NovelMcLellan Endowed Series
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32,99 € |
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| Verlag: | University Of Washington Press |
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| Veröffentl.: | 10.01.2013 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780295804422 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 344 |
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<p>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 constraint of women's choices have on society? The elaborate courtship plots of 19th century Spanish novels, with their fixation on suitors and selectors, rivalry, and seduction, were attempts to grapple with the question of female agency in a patriarchal society. By reading Darwin through the lens of the Spanish realist novel and vice versa, Travis Landry brings new insights to our understanding of both: while Darwin's theories have often been seen as biologically deterministic, Landry asserts that Darwin's theory of sexual selection was characterized by an open ended dynamic whose oxymoronic emphasis on "passive" female choice carries the potential for revolutionary change in the status of women.</p>
<p>Acknowledgments </p>
<p>Introduction: The Indeterminacy of Natural Law</p>
<p>Part One | Origins</p>
<p>1. The Very Notion of “Real” Reciprocity between Literature and Science </p>
<p>2. The Power Dynamics of Sexual Selection </p>
<p>3. Translations, Translators, and the Sexual Politics of Sexual Selection in Spain </p>
<p>Part Two | Adaptations</p>
<p>4. Suitors and Selectors – Jacinto Octavio Picon </p>
<p>5. Rivalries and Rituals – Leopoldo Alas (Clarin) </p>
<p>6. Heirs and Errors – Benito Perez Galdos </p>
<p>Part Three | Speciations</p>
<p>7. A Romance with Darwin in the Evolutionary Noche of Alejandro Sawa </p>
<p>8. The Religious Descent of Armando Palacia Valdes </p>
<p>9. Emilia Pardo Bazan, Reproduction, and Change </p>
<p>Conclusion: The Imperfect Science of Conscience </p>
<p>Notes </p>
<p>Works Cited </p>
<p>Index</p>
<p>Introduction: The Indeterminacy of Natural Law</p>
<p>Part One | Origins</p>
<p>1. The Very Notion of “Real” Reciprocity between Literature and Science </p>
<p>2. The Power Dynamics of Sexual Selection </p>
<p>3. Translations, Translators, and the Sexual Politics of Sexual Selection in Spain </p>
<p>Part Two | Adaptations</p>
<p>4. Suitors and Selectors – Jacinto Octavio Picon </p>
<p>5. Rivalries and Rituals – Leopoldo Alas (Clarin) </p>
<p>6. Heirs and Errors – Benito Perez Galdos </p>
<p>Part Three | Speciations</p>
<p>7. A Romance with Darwin in the Evolutionary Noche of Alejandro Sawa </p>
<p>8. The Religious Descent of Armando Palacia Valdes </p>
<p>9. Emilia Pardo Bazan, Reproduction, and Change </p>
<p>Conclusion: The Imperfect Science of Conscience </p>
<p>Notes </p>
<p>Works Cited </p>
<p>Index</p>
<p>Travis Landry is assistant professor of Spanish at Kenyon College.</p>
<p>"A fascinating book. Landry's work is groundbreaking because he never leaves Darwin behind to explore Spanish literature outfitted merely with a couple of Darwinian catchphrases. Rather, he has read and reread The Descent, and, much like Darwin working in nature, comes to see the workings of Darwinian principles infusing ideas and practices in Spanish culture, far more deeply than has previously been shown."—Dale Pratt, Brigham Young University</p>
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