Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations, Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Introduction: Self, Selfish, Selfless 1
6. 1 Taking the Measure of Selfishness and Selflessness in the Early Twenty-First- Century US and UK 22
7. 2 ‘Sentiment Has Struggled with Selfishness’ Selfishness, Sensibility and Gender in the Late Eighteenth-Century British Antislavery Campaign 79
8. 3 Selfless Advocacy? Profeminist Men’s Movements in Late Twentieth-Century Britain 105
9. 4 ‘Doing the Right Thing for My Child’ Self Work and Selflessness in Accounts of British ‘Full-Term’ Breastfeeding Mothers 123
10. 5 Sexism, Separatism and the Rhetoric of Selfishness: Single Mothers by Choice in the US and UK 141
11. 6 Selfish Masturbators? The Experience of Danish Sperm Donors and Alternatives to the Selfish/Selfless Divide 166
12. 7 Inroads into Altruism 182
13. 8 On Being Selfish – Or Not: Explorations of an Idea from the Mountains of Oaxaca and the Alaskan Tundra 199
14. Conclusion. Starting Points: Modest Contributions to the History and Anthropology of Moralities and Ethics 217
15. Index 229