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Human Universals and Literary Meaning: A Sociobiological Critique of Pride and Prejudice, Villette, O Pioneers!, Anna of the Five Towns, and Tess of the d'Ubervilles
Literary Studies
(2001)
Abstract
Reproduction is centrat to the logic of evolution, and as a result, it is central to human motivational systems. Any given culture organizes reproduction in a way specific to that culture, but evolutionary anthropologists and psychologists have identified certain sex differences that hold good across diverse cultures, and they cogently argue that these" human universais" reflect species-typical motivational structures. In all known societies, males are dominant.
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Publication Date
2001
Citation Information
Joseph C. Carroll. "Human Universals and Literary Meaning: A Sociobiological Critique of Pride and Prejudice, Villette, O Pioneers!, Anna of the Five Towns, and Tess of the d'Ubervilles" Literary Studies Vol. 2 (2001) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph-carroll/60/