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Author: Daphne J. Fairbairn Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691169780 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 310
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The remarkable and unique ways that male and female animals play out gender roles in nature While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of many other animals. For instance, the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm longer than their own bodies to mate with females that outweigh them by four orders of magnitude. Why do these gender gulfs exist? Introducing readers to important discoveries in animal behavior and evolution, Odd Couples explores some of the most extraordinary sexual differences in the animal world. Daphne Fairbairn uncovers the unique and bizarre characteristics of these remarkable species and the special strategies they use to maximize reproductive success. Fairbairn also considers humans and explains that although we are keenly aware of our own sexual differences, they are unexceptional within the vast animal world. Looking at some of the most amazing creatures on the planet, Odd Couples sheds astonishing light on what it means to be male or female in the animal kingdom.
Author: Daphne J. Fairbairn Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691169780 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 310
Book Description
The remarkable and unique ways that male and female animals play out gender roles in nature While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of many other animals. For instance, the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm longer than their own bodies to mate with females that outweigh them by four orders of magnitude. Why do these gender gulfs exist? Introducing readers to important discoveries in animal behavior and evolution, Odd Couples explores some of the most extraordinary sexual differences in the animal world. Daphne Fairbairn uncovers the unique and bizarre characteristics of these remarkable species and the special strategies they use to maximize reproductive success. Fairbairn also considers humans and explains that although we are keenly aware of our own sexual differences, they are unexceptional within the vast animal world. Looking at some of the most amazing creatures on the planet, Odd Couples sheds astonishing light on what it means to be male or female in the animal kingdom.
Author: Anna Muraco Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 0822351927 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 210
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Muraco studies friendships between straight women and gay men and straight men and lesbians to consider how their relationships both challenge and reinforce conventional notions of sexuality and gender. Based on in-depth interviews, the book considers how people experience gender and sex roles differently within these intersectional relationships.
Author: Gabe Polt Publisher: ISBN: 9781646975204 Category : Animal behavior Languages : en Pages : 103
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These animal pairs don't look like they'd be the best of friends, but sometimes a new friend is closer than you think. This book features more than 100 pages of unexpected, heartwarming, and unlikely animal friendships. Based on The Dodo's viral videos.
Author: Judith Mayne Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253208965 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 228
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Dorothy Arzner was the exception in Hollywood film history—the one woman who succeeded as a director, in a career that spanned three decades. In Part One, Dorothy Arzner's film career—her work as a film editor to her directorial debut, to her departure from Hollywood in 1943—is documented, with particular attention to Arzner's roles as "star-maker" and "woman's director." In Part Two, Mayne analyzes a number of Arzner's films and discusses how feminist preoccupations shape them, from the women's communities central to Dance, Girl, Dance and The Wild Party to critiques of the heterosexual couple in Christopher Strong and Craig's Wife. Part Three treats Arzner's lesbianism and the role that desire between women played in her career, her life, and her films.
Author: Gabe Polt Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 1338608576 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 116
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These pairs of unlikely animal friends -- as seen in The Dodo's viral videos -- are sure to warm your heart! These animal pairs don't look like they'd be the best of friends -- but sometimes a new friend is closer than you think! This book features more than 100 pages of unexpected, heartwarming, and unlikely animal friendships!These 50 odd couples -- from dogs and ducks and cats and lambs, to rhinos and hippos to even buffalos and pigs! -- have all been featured on The Dodo. This incredibly popular animal brand has over 33 million followers across social media! Their inspiring stories are the perfect example of the compassion, resilience, and love that animals have for their humans -- and for each other.Each true story is accompanied by adorable full-color photos of these mismatched animal friends and simple nonfiction facts.
Author: Jens Rydström Publisher: Amsterdam University Press ISBN: 9048514851 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 247
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The concept of marriage as a union of a man and a woman was fundamentally challenged by the introduction of registered partnership in Denmark in 1989. Odd Couples is the first comprehensive history of registered partnership and gay marriage in Scandinavia. It traces the origins of laws which initially were extremely controversial-inside and outside the gay community-but have now gained broad popular and political support, as well as the positive effects and risks involved in state recognition of lesbian and gay couples. Through a comparison of how these laws have been received and practiced in all of the Scandinavian countries, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the author presents a nuanced study of a fascinating political process that began in the 1960s and continues to change the way we understand family, sexuality and nation.
Author: Neil Simon Publisher: Samuel French, Inc. ISBN: 9780573613319 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 108
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Two poker buddies, one a hyper-neurotic, the other an incurable slob, suddenly find themselves bachelors again and decide to share a New York City apartment.
Author: Neil Simon Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0684859254 Category : Male friendship Languages : en Pages : 324
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"The Odd Couple I" and "The Odd Couple II," by America's premier playwright, Neil Simon, are two of the author's most famous and beloved works. Oscar and Felix are two of the stage and screen's most memorable and endearing characters. For the first time, the screenplays are collected in this volume.
Author: Bob Leszczak Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 147661539X Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 276
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Inspired by the real life post-divorce experiences of television comedy writer Danny Simon, The Odd Couple has touched multiple generations of fans. Playwright Neil Simon embellished his brother Danny’s pseudo-sitcom situation and created an oil-and-water twosome with memorable characters showcasing the foibles of mankind. The original Broadway production enjoyed a run of 964 performances. The story of the cohabitation of Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison translated extremely well to the silver screen, and then in 1970 to television, where it brought weekly laughs and mirth to an even larger audience for five seasons in prime time. This thorough history details The Odd Couple in all its forms over the decades. It provides capsule biographies of the stage, film and television casts and crew, as well as an episode guide and a wealth of little-known information.
Author: Hugh Howard Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1620403757 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 369
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In architectural terms, the twentieth century can be largely summed up with two names: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson. Wright (1867–1959) began it with his romantic prairie style; Johnson (1906–2005) brought down the curtain with his spare postmodernist experiments. Between them, they built some of the most admired and discussed buildings in American history. Differing radically in their views on architecture, Wright and Johnson shared a restless creativity, enormous charisma, and an outspokenness that made each man irresistible to the media. Often publicly at odds, they were the twentieth century's flint and steel; their repeated encounters consistently set off sparks. Yet as acclaimed historian Hugh Howard shows, their rivalry was also a fruitful artistic conversation, one that yielded new directions for both men. It was not despite but rather because of their contentious--and not always admiring--relationship that they were able so powerfully to influence history. In Architecture's Odd Couple, Howard deftly traces the historical threads connecting the two men and offers readers a distinct perspective on the era they so enlivened with their designs. Featuring many of the structures that defined modern space--from Fallingwater to the Guggenheim, from the Glass House to the Seagram Building--this book presents an arresting portrait of modern architecture's odd couple and how they shaped the American landscape by shaping each other.
Author: Daphne J. Fairbairn
Author: Daphne J. Fairbairn
Author: Anna Muraco
Author: Gabe Polt
Author: Judith Mayne
Author: Gabe Polt
Author: Jens Rydström
Author: Neil Simon
Author: Neil Simon
Author: Bob Leszczak
Author: Hugh Howard