Cultural perspectives on biological knowledge
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Cultural perspectives on biological knowledge
（Modern sociology : a series of monographs, treatises, and texts）
Ablex Pub. Corp., c1984
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Includes bibliographies and indexes
Contents of Works
- Introduction / Troy Duster and Karen Garrett
- The social frame for biological knowledge / Troy Duster
- Constructing genetic diseases / E.J. Yoxen
- Biological evolution and the emergence of a cultural being / Matthew Hallinan
- Women's reproductive rhythms / Karen A. Garrett
- Social aspects of menstruation / Karen Ericksen Paige
- Technological rhythms in pregnancy / Diane Beeson
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Scholars remain locked in a battle over the relative importance of heredity and environment for such diverse matters as human intelligence, female institution, and racial stratification. The present collection is an attempt to contribute to the quality of this discussion, and focuses not only on the matter of relative weights, but the matter of interaction. Most of the contributions deal with the quality and character of the connection between the two. Four essays focus upon what is now known about this friendship in several areas of practical and theoretical significance. The authors reach beyond the caveat that both are important and indicate how and why there is a relationship of some complexity.
Table of Contents
Introduction / Troy Duster and Karen Garrett -- The social frame for biological knowledge / Troy Duster -- Constructing genetic diseases / E.J. Yoxen -- Biological evolution and the emergence of a cultural being / Matthew Hallinan -- Women's reproductiverhythms / Karen A. Garrett -- Social aspects of menstruation / Karen Ericksen Paige -- Technological rhythms in pregnancy / Diane Beeson.
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