The sociobiology of everyday life: A new look at a very old novel

Human Nature

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-320

  Thiessen, Del ^a   Umezawa, Yoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Evolutionary psychology; Genji; Human universals; Japanese literature; Literary critique; Mating strategies; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032351409     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-998-1007-0     Document Type: Article

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