Blood Relations: Menstruation and the Origins of Culture
Bibliographic Collection:
Anthropogeny
Publication Type: Book
Authors: Knight, Christopher
Year of Publication: 1991
Number of Pages: 581
Publisher: Yale University Press
City: New Haven
Publication Language: eng
ISBN Number: 0300063080
Keywords: Human beings., Human evolution, Menstruation, Women
Abstract:
This original and ingenious book presents a new theory of the origins of human culture. Integrating perspectives of evolutionary biology and social anthropology within a Marxist framework, Chris Knight rejects the common assumption that human culture was a modified extension of primate behavior and argues instead that it was the product of an immense social, sexual, and political revolution initiated by women.
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