The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition

Herausgeber: Fisher, Maryanne L

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Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of Women and Competition is one of the first scholarly volumes to focus specifically on competition and the competitive forces between women. Chapters provide readers with a definitive view of the current state of research, and collectively address the adaptive and socio-cultural foundations of women's competitive behavior, motivations, and cognitions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 856
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1701g
• ISBN-13: 9780199376377
• ISBN-10: 0199376379
• Artikelnr.: 48141451

Autorenporträt

Maryanne L. Fisher is Full Professor in the Department of Psychology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada, and an Affiliate Faculty member at the Kinsey Institute in Indiana. She is an award-winning educator and has published over 90 journal articles spanning a variety of topics. She recently co-edited Evolution's Empress: Darwinian Perspectives on the Nature of Women for Oxford University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

* Section I: Introduction
* Chapter 1: Introduction
* Maryanne L. Fisher
* Section II: Theory and Overview
* Chapter 2: Competition throughout Women's Lives
* Bobbi Low
* Chapter 3: Sexual Competition Among Women: A Review of the Theory and
Supporting Evidence
* Steven Arnocky and Tracy Vaillancourt
* Chapter 4: Female Intrasexual Competition in Primates: Why Human's
Aren't as Progressive as We Think
* Nicole Scott
* Section III: Social Status and Aggression
* Chapter 5: Feminist and Evolutionary Perspectives of Female-Female
Competition, Status Seeking, and Social Network Formation
* Laurette T. Liesen
* Chapter 6: Adolescent Peer Aggression and Female Reproductive
Competition
* Andrew C. Gallup
* Chapter 7: Cooperation Drives Competition among Tsimane Women in the
Bolivian Amazon
* Stacey L. Rucas
* Chapter 8: Competition Between Female Friends
* Chenthila Nagamuthu and Elizabeth Page-Gould
* Chapter 9: The Element of Surprise: Women of the Dark Triad
* P. Lynne Honey
* Section IV: Communication and Gossip
* Chapter 10: Competitive Communication among Women: The Pretty Prevail
by Means of Indirect Aggression
* Grace Anderson
* Chapter 11: Gossip and Competition among Women: How "The Gossip"
Became a Woman and how "Gossip" Became Her Weapon of Choice
* Francis T. McAndrew
* Chapter 12: Women's Talk? Exploring the Relationship Between Gossip,
Sex, Mate Competition, and Mate Poaching
* Katelin Sutton and Megan J. Oaten
* Chapter 13: Informational Warfare: Coalitional Gossiping as a
Strategy for Within-Group Aggression
* Nicole H. Hess
* Section V: Mate Availability and Mating Relationships
* Chapter 14: Do Women Compete for Mates When Men are Scarce? Sex Ratio
Imbalances and Women's Mate Competition Cross-Culturally
* Emily Stone
* Chapter 15: Operational Sex Ratio and Female Competition: Scarcity
Breeds Intensity
* Haley M. Dillon, Lora E. Adair, and Gary L. Brase
* Chapter 16: The Influence of Women's Mate Value on Intrasexual
Competition
* Maryanne L. Fisher and Ana María Fernández
* Chapter 17: Single and Partnered Women: Competing to Obtain and
Retain High Quality Men
* Gayle Brewer
* Chapter 18: I'll Have Who She's Having: Mate Copying, Mate Poaching
and Mate Retention
* Lora E. Adair, Haley M. Dillon, and Gary L. Brase
* Chapter 19: Intrasexual Mate Competition and Breakups: Who Really
Wins?
* Craig Morris, Melanie L. Beaussart, Chris Reiber, and Linda S.
Krajewski
* Section VI: Endocrinology and Psychobiological Considerations
* Chapter 20: Psychobiological Responses to Competition in Women
* Raquel Costa, Miguel A. Serrano, and Alicia Salvador
* Chapter 21: The Endocrinology of Female Competition
* Kelly Cobey, and Amanda Hahn
* Chapter 22: The Effect of Fertility on Women's Intrasexual
Competition
* Lambrianos Nikiforidis, Ashley Rae Arsena, and Kristina M. Durante
* Section VII: Health and Aging
* Chapter 23: Social Aggression, Sleep and Wellbeing among Sidama Women
of Rural Southwestern Ethiopia
* Alissa A. Miller and Stacey L. Rucas
* Chapter 24: Is Female Competition at the Heart of Reproductive
Suppression and Eating Disorders?
* Catherine Salmon
* Chapter 25: Moderation of Female-female Competition for Matings by
Competitors' Age and Parity
* Melanie MacEacheron and Lorne Campbell
* Section VIII: Motherhood and Family
* Chapter 26: Competitive Motherhood from a Comparative Perspective
* Katherine A. Valentine, Norman P. Li, and Jose C. Yong
* Chapter 27: Cooperative and Competitive Mothering: From Bonding to
Rivalry in the Service of Childrearing
* Rosemarie I. Sokol-Chang, Rebecca L. Burch and Maryanne L. Fisher
* Chapter 28: Conflicting Tastes: Conflict Between Female Family
Members in Choice of Romantic Partners
* Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair and Robert Biegler
* Chapter 29: Darwinian Perspectives on Women's Progenicide
* Alita J. Cousins and Theresa Porter
* Section IX: Physical Appearance
* Chapter 30: The Causes and Consequences of Women's Competitive
Beautification
* Danielle J. DelPriore, Marjorie L. Prokosch, and Sarah E. Hill
* Chapter 31: Ravishing Rivals: Female Intrasexual Competition and
Cosmetic Surgery
* Shelli L. Dubbs, Ashleigh J. Kelly, and Fiona Kate Barlow
* Chapter 32: Intrasexual Competition Among Beauty Pageant Contestants
* Rebecca Shaiber, Laura Johnsen and Glenn Geher
* Chapter 33: Fashion as a Set of Signals in Female Intrasexual
Competition
* Laura Johnsen and Glenn Geher
* Section X: Competition in Virtual Contexts
* Chapter 34: Female Virtual Intrasexual Competition and its
Consequences
* Jose C. Yong, Norman P. Li, Katherine A. Valentine, and April R.
Smith
* Chapter 35: Facebook Frenemies and Selfie-Promotion: Women and
Competition in the Digital Age
* Amanda E. Guitar and Rachael A. Carmen
* Chapter 36: Women's Use of Computer Games to Practice Intrasexual
Competition
* Tami M. Meredith
* Section XI: Competition in Applied Settings
* Chapter 37: The Buzz on the Queen Bee and Other Characterizations of
Women's Intrasexual Competition at Work
* Lucie Kocum, Delphine S. Courvoisier, and Saundra Vernon
* Chapter 38: Food as a Means for Female Power Struggles
* Charlotte J. S. De Backer, Liselot Hudders, and Maryanne L. Fisher
* Chapter 39: Evolution of Artistic and Aesthetic Propensities through
Female Competitive Ornamentation
* Marco A. C. Varella, Jaroslava Varella Valentová, and Ana María
Fernández
* Chapter 40: "Playing Like a Girl": Women in Competition in Sport and
Physical Activity
* Hayley Russell, Julia Dutove, and Lori Dithurbide
* Section XII: Conclusion
* Chapter 41: Conclusion
* Gregory Carter and Maryanne L. Fisher