Bitch : on the female of the species
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New York : Basic Books, 2022.
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First US edition.
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Rapid City Public Library - Math & Science - Adult
MATH & SCIENCE 591.56 COO
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Published
New York : Basic Books, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First US edition.
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xxi, 369 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English

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"First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Doubleday an imprint of Transworld Publishers"--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-352) and index.
Description
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.
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Somewhere in the ocean, an orca matriarch is leading her pod to better hunting grounds. On a reef, a male clownfish, alone after the death of his mate, is changing sex. In Africa, two female bonobos are engaging in same-sex frottage. All the while, we human 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. in Bitch, zoologist Lucy Cooke tells a different story. Rewriting the science of evolution and sex, Cooke shows how a band of pioneering, feminist biologists have uncovered the dizzying diversity of bodies, brains, and behavior that evolution has created. Whether investigating same-sex female albatross couples or murderous mother meerkats, Cooke reveals a new understanding of what being female can mean, and, indeed, and how evolution itself can work. Never before in history has being female been so scrutinized, politically and culturally. Rising to meet the moment, Bitch is a fierce, funny, and revolutionary scientific manifesto with a new perspective on the female animal that is more inclusive, truer to life, and far more fun. --

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cooke, L. (2022). Bitch: on the female of the species (First US edition.). Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cooke, Lucy, 1970-. 2022. Bitch: On the Female of the Species. Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cooke, Lucy, 1970-. Bitch: On the Female of the Species Basic Books, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Cooke, Lucy. Bitch: On the Female of the Species First US edition., Basic Books, 2022.

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