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The Genial Gene

Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

By: Joan Roughgarden

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The Genial Gene

Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

By: Joan Roughgarden

Explores evidence that suggests whether selfishness and individuality are subjective biological traits, examining social behaviors that relate to sex, gender, and family, and discussing an alternative evolutionary theory called "social selection" that focuses on cooperation.

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Univ of California Press

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0520265939

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9780520265936

Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics

By: Joan Roughgarden

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Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics

By: Joan Roughgarden

The Anolis lizards of the Caribbean are ideally suited for the study of evolutionary ecology. Offering fascinating insights into the more than 150 species dispersed throughout the Caribbean islands, Jonathan Roughgarden details the differences between species in a wide range of behavioral and physical characteristics, including foraging behaviors, body size, and habitat use, resulting from evolutionary divergences concurrent with the plate-tectonic origins of the region. This book will be of interest to students and researchers--ecology and theoretical, tropical, and population biology.

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217

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Oxford University Press

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0195067312

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9780195067316

Evolution's Rainbow

Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People

By: Joan Roughgarden

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Evolution's Rainbow

Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People

By: Joan Roughgarden

In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science—and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. Evolution's Rainbow explains how this diversity develops from the action of genes and hormones and how people come to differ from each other in all aspects of body and behavior. Roughgarden reconstructs primary science in light of feminist, gay, and transgender criticism and redefines our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. Witty, playful, and daring, this book will revolutionize our understanding of sexuality. Roughgarden argues that principal elements of Darwinian sexual selection theory are false and suggests a new theory that emphasizes social inclusion and control of access to resources and mating opportunity. She disputes a range of scientific and medical concepts, including Wilson's genetic determinism of behavior, evolutionary psychology, the existence of a gay gene, the role of parenting in determining gender identity, and Dawkins's "selfish gene" as the driver of natural selection. She dares social science to respect the agency and rationality of diverse people; shows that many cultures across the world and throughout history accommodate people we label today as lesbian, gay, and transgendered; and calls on the Christian religion to acknowledge the Bible's many passages endorsing diversity in gender and sexuality. Evolution's Rainbow concludes with bold recommendations for improving education in biology, psychology, and medicine; for democratizing genetic engineering and medical practice; and for building a public monument to affirm diversity as one of our nation's defining principles.

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Univ of California Press

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0520957970

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9780520957978

Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics

By: Jonathan Roughgarden,Joan Roughgarden

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Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics

By: Jonathan Roughgarden,Joan Roughgarden

The evolutionary ecology of the Anolis lizards--the colorful green, grey, and brown lizards seen around houses, gardens, and woods in the West Indies--is the subject of this pathbreaking new book. Offering fascinating insights into the more than 150 Anolis species dispersed throughout the Caribbean islands, distinguished biologist Jonathan Roughgarden details the differences between a wide range of behaviors and physical characteristics that resulted from evolutionary divergences concurrent with the plate-tectonic origins of the region. Succinct and extremely well-written, the book summarizes the author's more than twenty years of research and will be enthusiastically received by students and researchers in ecology and theoretical, tropical, and population biology.

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200

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195096053

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9780195096057

The Art of Joan Brown

By: Karen Tsujimoto,Jacquelynn Baas,Joan Brown,University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum,Oakland Museum of California

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The Art of Joan Brown

By: Karen Tsujimoto,Jacquelynn Baas,Joan Brown,University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum,Oakland Museum of California

Examines the California artist's life and work, offering reproductions of many of her pieces

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324

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Univ of California Press

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0520214692

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9780520214699

Confessions of Joan the Tall

By: Joan Cusack Handler

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Confessions of Joan the Tall

By: Joan Cusack Handler

Freedom and awakening of an adolescent, Bronx bred, Irish Catholic girl

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258

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UPNE

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1933880376

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9781933880372

Joan Jonas

They Come to Us Without a WordUnited States Pavilion 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice

By: Ute Meta Bauer

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They Come to Us Without a WordUnited States Pavilion 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice

By: Ute Meta Bauer

Joan Jonas: They Come to Us without a Word' documents Jonas's project for the United States Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, an expansive installation that incrporates multiple components, included projected videos, drawings, and objects. Each section of the pavilion represents a particular creature (bees, fish), object (mirror), force (wind), or place (homeroom). Recited fragments of ghost stories sourced from the oral tradition of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, form a continuous narrative linking one room to the next. As Jonas says, 'We are haunted, the rooms are haunted.' Designed with Jonas's close collaboration, this fully illustrated book features an extensive collection of images selected by the artist, including stills, drawings, and photographs, that not only document this ambitious and important new work but form an integral part of the presentation and experience of 'They Come to Us without a Word'. Also included are Jonas's poetic notes on her process and major new texts from ann Reynolds and Marina Warner as well as an interview with the artist by Ingrid Schaffner." -- Publisher.

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159

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3775740511

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9783775740517

In the Shadow a Shadow

The Work of Joan Jonas

By: Joan Simon,Joan Jonas,Johanna Burton,Douglas Crimp

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In the Shadow a Shadow

The Work of Joan Jonas

By: Joan Simon,Joan Jonas,Johanna Burton,Douglas Crimp

A career-spanning monograph of the multimedia pioneer Joan Jonas (1936- ) that covers more than 40 years of performances, films, videos, installations, texts and video sculptures

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Gregory R Miller & Company

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0980024285

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9780980024289

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The Genial Gene

The Genial Gene

Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Evolution's Rainbow

Evolution's Rainbow

Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

The Art of Joan Brown

The Art of Joan Brown

Confessions of Joan the Tall

Confessions of Joan the Tall

Joan Jonas

Joan Jonas

In the Shadow a Shadow

In the Shadow a Shadow

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