An edition of Biological exuberance (1999)

Biological exuberance

animal homosexuality and natural diversity

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An edition of Biological exuberance (1999)

Biological exuberance

animal homosexuality and natural diversity

1st ed.

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  • 22 Want to read

Drawing upon a rich body of zoological research spanning more than two centuries, Bruce Bagemihl shows that animals engage in all types of nonreproductive sexual behavior. Sexual and gender expression in the animal world displays exuberant variety, including same-sex courtship, pair-bonding, sex, and co-parenting - even instances of lifelong homosexual bonding in species that do not have lifelong heterosexual bonding.

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St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Pages
751

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Subjects

Homosexuality in animals, Homosexualité, Moeurs et comportement, Animaux, Homoseksualiteit, Dieren, Sexual behavior in animals, Animal behavior, LGBTQ biology, Stonewall Book Awards

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Table of Contents

Pt. I. A Polysexual, Polygendered World. 1. The Birds and the Bees. 2. Humanistic Animals, Animalistic Humans. 3. Two Hundred Years of Looking at Homosexual Wildlife. 4. Explaining (Away) Animal Homosexuality. 5. Not for Breeding Only: Reproduction on the Periphery of Life. 6. A New Paradigm: Biological Exuberance
Pt. II. A Wondrous Bestiary: Portraits of Homosexual, Bisexual, and Transgendered Wildlife. Primates. Marine Mammals. Hoofed Mammals. Other Mammals. Waterfowl and Other Aquatic Birds. Shore Birds. Perching Birds and Songbirds. Other Birds
App. Other Species.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 671-732) and indexes.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
591.56/2
Library of Congress
QL761 .B24 1999, QL761.B24 2000, QL761.B24 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 751 p. :
Number of pages
751

Edition Identifiers

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OL24769932M
ISBN 10
0312192398, 031225377X
ISBN 13
9780312192396, 9780312253776
LCCN
98028528
OCLC/WorldCat
39281997

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OL1919935W

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First Sentence

"In the dimly lit undergrowth of a Central American rain forest, jewel-like male hummingbirds flit through the vegetation, pausing briefly to mate now with a male, now with a female."

Work Description

The discussion of homosexuality and inter-gendered sexual activity covers mostly mammals and birds. A large number of zoological studies are cited to argue that such activity is very common, as revealed in controversially operationalised data.

The danger of annthropomorphism is ever present with the use of terms such as 'pleasure', 'courtsthip'. Sexually diverse behaviour in anaimals and humans is seen as driven by biological exuberance, an excess of sexual energy and, when combined with cultural elements, of ingenuity in discharging it. The case is well made that sexual behaviour has been neglected in animal studies, where old binaries and prejudices have prevailed, and that sexual diversity might have played a key role in the development of social and linguistic capacities.

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