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Thomas Peele

"Queer Popular Culture is an exciting new collection that brings together work from several disciplines that address queer representation in multiple contexts. The chapters cover many aspects of contemporary U.S. and international queer culture, including the rise of the queer cowboy, the emergence of lesbian chic, the expansion of representations of blackness, and work on queer, Taiwanese online communities. Other chapters address queer representations from soap operas to gangster films. The book also includes a pedagogical section that addresses the use of queer concepts in the classroom."--Jacket.

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J. David Ligon

"The Evolution of Avian Breeding Systems deals with some of the most conspicuous and fascinating aspects of the reproductive biology of birds: sexual selection, mating systems, and their links with parental care. Ever since Darwin's work on sexual selection, birds have provided much of the stimulus for study of these interrelated topics." "This is the first book to combine the themes of sexual selection, parental care, and mating systems, and to focus exclusively on birds. It will be welcomed by researchers and students in animal behaviour and ornithology with an interest in avian breeding systems. It is beautifully illustrated throughout with line drawings by Mike Ramos."--Jacket.

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Amin Maalouf

Que peut-il arriver lorsque des sortiléges millénaires se conjuguent une science moderne aussi performante que dépourvue d'éthique ? Au départ. il y avait de mystérieuses féves, réputées favoriser les naissances de garcons, trouvées par le narrateur sur un marché égyptien. Puis ce fut la rarefaction, un peu partout, des naissances féminines. Commenqa alors l'épopée d'un homme passionnément attaché å la « féminité du monde »… Le romancier de _Samarcande_ (prix des Maisons de la Presse 1988), des _Jardins de lumiére_, prix Goncourt 1993 pour _Le Rocher de Tanios_, nous conte ici avec tendresse et humour une fable sur la folie des hommes.

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Madeleine Arnot

"Reproducing Gender? charts the development of a theory of gender relations, built up over the last twenty years. This theory has been highly influential in establishing the importance of sociology of women's education for the study of society. It demonstrates the power of feminist educational theory and research and its role in creating new political and academic agendas." "Taking gender codes as a key concept, this book explores gender relationships at all levels of schooling. It brings together political, social and cultural theories to understand continuity and change in gender and education." "This book will be essential reading for students and academics in the areas of gender studies, women's studies, educational policy, sociology and history of education."--Jacket.