Alice Evans Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Alice Evans

When I looked at the data in the US, I realised that single mothers really are poorer and paternal absence can adversely affect sons’ upward mobility. I didn’t appreciate what @kearney_melissa calls “The Two Parent Privilege”. Really looking forward to her book. https://t.co/o2RsJspFTq

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Catherine Hakim argues that women can exercise ‘erotic capital’, ie leverage their sexual attractiveness in order to advance their own agenda. I’m sceptical. Wider research suggests that when heterosexual men are thinking about a woman’s body they ignore 90% of what she says… https://t.co/hCm12Sil8Y

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"Christianity's American Fate", a fascinating new book by David Hollinger (⁦@PrincetonUPress⁩) https://t.co/54k8SN0Y0k

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“It’s not you; it’s the multitude of superior alternatives!” Sex ratios predict divorce. (Robin Dunbar, “The Science of Love & Betrayal” https://t.co/BDp6FiUFqy

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“Woman: the American History of an Idea” - by @lillianfaderman Join me as I live tweet a fantastic & fascinating new book! https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1538106506142425089 https://t.co/zgkSXjb1HF

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7) James Ferguson is famed for “The Anti-Politics Machine”, but he has another totally under-rated book about this same phenomena. At independence, men on Zambia’s Copperbelt anticipated progress. As living standards plummeted over the 1980s, so did their hope and esteem. https://t.co/tdwFa7kjpq

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In early China, women led vast armies, were independently honoured as maternal ancestors, and could reject all suitors to become chaste nuns. But the Song Dynasty heralded tighter confinement. Thread on a fantastic new book “Women, Gender, and Sexuality in China”, by Ping Yao. https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1470003338909466624 https://t.co/bCqkkne5N2

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(2) When Muslim and European slave raiders went to CAR, people abandoned their villages and escaped into the forests (see Louisa Lombard’s book “Hunting Game”). That strikes me as an example of people escaping hierarchical and coercive arrangements. https://t.co/ApV2gZrKJK

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Birth control activist Margaret Sanger launched her own magazine (“The Woman Rebel”) to challenge restrictions on sexual information In 1914, she was indicted for indecency, arrested, charged and risked a 45 year prison sentence. She fled to Europe. https://t.co/6dehzDYO9z

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Marriage actually threatens male friendships. If men invest in marriage, they are highly likely to lose male friends - as showed by Robin Dunbar. https://t.co/62UVJId17L

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