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Bitch : on the female of the species / Lucy Cooke.

Cooke, Lucy, 1970- (author.).

Summary:
A leading zoologist takes a fierce and often humorous look at the females of the animal kingdom and subverts the prevailing opinion among evolutionary biologists who have insisted that males are more interesting.
Humans are locked in a battle over sex and gender: one side argues that evolutionary biology dictates how we should be, and the other that it's a patriarchal tool that shouldn't matter at all. Rewriting the science of evolution and sex, she shows how feminist biologists have uncovered nature's dizzying diversity of bodies, brains and behavior that evolution has created. With a new perspective on the female animal of a variety of species, Cooke reveals a new understanding of what being female can mean, and how evolution itself can work. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781541674899
  • ISBN: 1541674898
  • Physical Description: xxi, 369 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First US edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2022.

Content descriptions

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.
Subject: Females > Miscellanea.
Women > Miscellanea.
Psychology, Comparative.

Available copies

  • 8 of 10 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 591.56 COOKE (Text) 50686016178548 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 591.56 COO (Text) 33240004729888 Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 04/10/2024
Cambria County Library 591.56 C772b (Text) 85131001830240 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Kreutz Creek Valley Library Adults 591.56 COO Nonfiction (Text) 34261000546224 Adult Area Available -
Martin Library Adults 591.56 COO Science Technology (Text) 33454005897822 2nd Floor Checked Out 03/20/2024
Pottsville Free Public Library 591.56 C775 (Text) 30003009104165 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main 591.56 Coo (Text) 33223008930454 Non-fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library 591.56 COOK (Text) 34455006916379 Adult Nonfiction 1st FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 591.56 (Text) 33062009613242 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Newfoundland Area Library 591.56 COO (Text) 38445000505602 Nonfiction Available -


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