(Hardback)

Among numerous ancient Western tropes about gender and procreation, "the seed and the soil" is arguably the oldest, most potent, and most invisible in its apparent naturalness. In Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud, A.L. Jones de-naturalizes the proto-theory of seed-and-soil procreation and deconstructs its contemporary legacy.

(Paperback)

Among numerous ancient Western tropes about gender and procreation, "the seed and the soil" is arguably the oldest, most potent, and most invisible in its apparent naturalness. In Gender Vendors: Sex and Lies from Abraham to Freud, Al Jones de-naturalizes the proto-theory of seed-and-soil procreation and deconstructs its contemporary legacy.