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Bitch : on the female of the species
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- ISBN: 9781541674899
- ISBN: 1541674898
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Physical Description:
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xxi, 369 pages : illustration ; 25 cm - Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Doubleday an imprint of Transworld Publishers"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-352) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- The anarchy of sex -- The mysteries of mate choice -- The monogamy myth -- Fifty ways to eat your lover -- Love is a battlefield -- Madonna no more -- Bitch eat bitch -- Primate politics -- Matriarchs and menopause -- Sisters are doing it for themselves -- Beyond the binary -- Conclusion: A natural world without prejudice. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 591.56 COO (Text) | 000166295 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bitch : On the Female of the Species
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Bitch : On the Female of the Species
A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks. The problem was her sex. Being female meant she was, by nature, a loser. Since Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have been convinced that the males of the animal kingdom are the interesting ones--dominating and promiscuous, while females are dull, passive, and devoted. In Bitch , Cooke tells a new story. Whether investigating same-sex female albatross couples that raise chicks, murderous mother meerkats, or the titanic battle of the sexes waged by ducks, Cooke shows us a new evolutionary biology, one where females can be as dynamic as any male. This isn't your grandfather's evolutionary biology. It's more inclusive, truer to life, and, simply, more fun.
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