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Bitch

A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal
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Bitch by Lucy Cooke explores the meaning of being female through the lens of the animal kingdom. The book journeys across species to challenge and redefine gender stereotypes, featuring fascinating examples such as polyamorous chimpanzees, alpha-female hyenas, menopausal killer whales, and lesbian lizards. It offers a fresh evolutionary perspective on femininity in today’s complex social and cultural world.
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In our fiercely contested social, political and cultural landscape, Lucy Cooke looks to the animal kingdom to ask what it means to be female.

Mother. Daughter. Ruler. Provider. What does it mean to be female? The female species has never been more scrutinised or politicised. As we search to define our gender, combat prejudice, and celebrate the myriad of femininity, what can the animal kingdom teach us about its true nature?

In Bitch, award-winning zoologist, broadcaster, and author Lucy Cooke takes the reader on a global journey to meet the animals and scientists that are helping to redefine the female species and release it from the shackles of stereotype.

Lucy presents us with a dazzling portrait of the female, introducing us to polyamorous chimps, alpha-female hyenas, menopausal killer whales, and lesbian lizards. By showing us the spectrum of the species, she sets out to rewrite the evolutionary labels that have come to define a gender and proposes a new understanding of what it means to be female today.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780857524126

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Doubleday

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 481g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Lucy Cooke is a fellow of Durham University, a National Geographic explorer, TED talker and award-winning broadcaster with a Masters in zoology from New College Oxford, where she studied under Richard Dawkins. Her first book A Little Book of Sloth was a New York Times bestseller and spawned a major TV series for Discovery and a BBC Radio 4 documentary. The Truth About Animals, her first long-form book was shortlisted for the Royal Society prize and has been translated into nineteen languages. Her most recent book, Bitch- What Does it Mean to be Female? was cited as one of the best books of the year by both the Telegraph and the Guardian and was adapted into the BBC Radio 4 series, Political Animals. She is a columnist for BBC Wildlife Magazine and has also written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, The Times, Telegraph and New Scientist amongst other publications. She is a sought-after public speaker and has written, produced, and presented documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Discovery. She has presented on the BBC's 'Springwatch' and is a regular on BBC Radio 4.

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