Darwin in Atlantic Cultures: Evolutionary Visions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality

by Jeannette Eileen Jones

Book Overview

This collection is an interdisciplinary edited volume that examines the circulation of Darwinian ideas in the Atlantic space as they impacted systems of Western thought and culture. Specifically, the book explores the influence of the principle tenets of Darwinism -- such as the theory of evolution, the ape-man theory of human origins, and the principle of sexual selection -- on established transatlantic intellectual traditions and cultural practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138867756
• ISBN13: 9781138867758
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"