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PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-101541674898
ISBN-139781541674899
eBay Product ID (ePID)7057263321
Product Key Features
Book TitleBitch : on the Female of the Species
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicWomen's Health, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Life Sciences / Evolution, Women's Studies, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Health & Fitness, Science, Psychology
AuthorLucy Cooke
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight22 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-947838
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Cooke expertly explains current scientific research with engaging humor, interspersed with first person accounts and an impressive number of interviews with scientists who are rewriting the binary narrative." -- Library Journal, "A charming mix of wit and scientific analysis... Aside from knocking males off their evolutionary perch and empowering women, this book can inspire the LGBTQ community, as it's clear that their identities and lives are reflected across the natural world." -- Irish Times, "Cooke dives into sex and gender across the animal kingdom, dispelling all the misogynist notions of females being the weaker sex...This book elevates not just the science itself but the scientists that have been marginalized for too long ." -- Lucy Roehrig , Booklist, "A 300 page romp through the animal kingdom and 150 years of sexist science that demonstrates that 'female animals are just as promiscuous, competitive, aggressive, dominant and dynamic as males'. We meet a staggering array of females taking their reproductive destinies into their own paws." -- Rachel Cunliffe , The New Statesman, "Cooke charts the rising influence of feminism on the 'phallocracy' of evolutionary biology over the past several decades, arguing for the power of more recent female-led science to, for example, reframe core beliefs about sexual selection, maternal instinct and self-sacrifice, and proclivities for monogamy or nymphomania. In doing so, she introduces us to a marvelous zoetrope of animals--not just primates, but venomous intersex moles, hyenas that give birth through their clitoris, filicidal mother meerkats, and postmenopausal orcas." -- The Atlantic, "From bondage-loving spiders to "Scrooge-like" lobsters who save their sperm for a female who's "worth it", Bitch lifts the lid on kinky creatures."-- Daily Mail (UK), "Brilliant... readers will never see the world the same way again... [ Bitch inspires] awe in the breathtaking diversity of nature and the evolutionary roots of our behaviour." -- Times Literary Supplement, "Cooke demolishes much of what you probably learned about the sexes in biology class. This may be disconcerting, even confronting for those who feel comfortable in the warm embrace of Darwinian order. But it's also exciting, and fascinating, and very well might change the way you see the world." -- Science News, "A dazzling, funny and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and sex in the animal kingdom... Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment, jotting down favourite parts to send to friends and reading out snippets gleefully..." -- The Observer, "Humorous, absorbing, sometimes shocking, and bound to be a conversation starter." -- BBC Wildlife Magazine, "From the dominant female lemurs of Madagascar, and the murderous meerkat mothers of the Kalahari, to female fruit flies that play the field, Cooke introduces dozens of animals whose natural behaviour preferences dismantle the hoary old stereotypes."-- The Bookseller, "[ Bitch ] upends received wisdom about female passivity and monogamy in the animal kingdom... Cooke's sprightly style features puns and cheeky turns of phrase." -- Shelf Awareness, "Lucy Cooke blows two centuries of sexist myths right out of biology. Prepare to learn a lot -- and laugh out loud. A beautifully written, very funny and deeply important book." -- Alice Roberts, author of Evolution, "Mr. Darwin, your time is up. This is the evolutionary reboot us bitches have been waiting for."-- Sue Perkins, comedian, "A book that is tearing down the stereotypes and the biases. Absolutely fascinating."-- Woman's Hour, "Lucy Cooke is brilliant, pedigreed, fearless, and flat-out hilarious . . . Bitch is astonishing, wildly entertaining, and massively important." -- Mary Roach, "A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology ... Full of marvellous surprises."-- Guardian (UK), "A triumphant upending of the outworn sexist mythology that pervades our scientific perception of all animals--including ourselves. With intelligence and great wit, Bitch explores the dynamic, diverse ways of being female on an ever-evolving planet. This is a joyous revolution."-- Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Rooted and Mozart's Starling, "Fun, informative and revolutionary all at once, Bitch should be required reading in school. After reading this book one will never look at an orca, an albatross, or a human the same way again. And the world will be better for it." -- Agustin Fuentes, professor of anthropology at Princeton University and author of The Creative Spark, " Bitch is an impressive contribution to what has become a highly polarized debate over sex and gender. It succeeds not just because Cooke is a witty and entertaining writer, but because she has done her homework well...her message is...that sex, rather than being one thing and its opposite, is in fact a spectrum of limitless possibilities."-- Natural History
Dewey Decimal591.56
SynopsisA 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.
LC Classification NumberQL775.C66 2022
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- 10. Jul. 2022
Bitch
Very interesting, with a humorous take.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Jun. 2024
Great job
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