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Evolution's rainbow : diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people
Record details
- ISBN: 9780520260122 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0520260120 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xi, 474 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "With a new preface." Originally published: 2004. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-459) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : Diversity denied -- Animal rainbows. Sex and diversity. Sex versus gender. Sex within bodies. Sex roles. Two-gender families. Multiple-gender families. Female choice. Same-sex sexuality. The theory of evolution -- Human rainbows. An embryonic narrative. Sex determination. Sex differences. Gender identity. Sexual orientation. Psychological perspectives. Disease versus diversity. Genetic engineering versus diversity -- Cultural rainbows. Two-spirits, mahu, and hijras. Transgender in historical Europe and the Middle East. Sexual relations in antiquity. Tomboi, vestidas, and guevedoche. Trans politics in the United States. |
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| Subject: | Biodiversity Sexual behavior in animals Gender identity Sexual orientation |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | QH 541.15 B56 R68 2009 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001305390 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
