Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)
The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
NPR's "All Things Considered," calls Queer Ducks "teenager-friendly. It's a Printz Honor young adult book filled with comics and humor and accessible science, and it's filled with research on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world."This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration of the gamut of queer behaviors observed in animals.A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal world—from albatrosses to bonobos to clownfish to doodlebugs.In sharp and witty prose—aided by humorous comics from artist Jules Zuckerberg—Schrefer uses science, history, anthropology, and sociology to illustrate the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world. Interviews with researchers in the field offer additional insights for readers and aspiring scientists.Queer behavior in animals is as diverse and complex—and as natural—as it is in our own species. It doesn’t set us apart from animals—it bonds us even closer to our animal selves.
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NPR's "All Things Considered," calls Queer Ducks "teenager-friendly. It's a Printz Honor young adult book filled with comics and humor and accessible science, and it's filled with research on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world."This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer is a well-researched and teen-friendly exploration of the gamut of queer behaviors observed in animals.A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal world—from albatrosses to bonobos to clownfish to doodlebugs.In sharp and witty prose—aided by humorous comics from artist Jules Zuckerberg—Schrefer uses science, history, anthropology, and sociology to illustrate the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world. Interviews with researchers in the field offer additional insights for readers and aspiring scientists.Queer behavior in animals is as diverse and complex—and as natural—as it is in our own species. It doesn’t set us apart from animals—it bonds us even closer to our animal selves.
Untertitel
The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
H | B | T | Gramm
236 mm | 190 mm | 27 mm | 470 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
FSK
0
Ausgabe
Hardcover
Verlag
Harper Collins Publ. U
ISBN-10
0063069490
ISBN-13
9780063069497
Autor
Schrefer, Eliot
Weitere Mitwirkende
Zuckerberg, Jules
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
225
Themen
Pädagogische Psychologie, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Informationsressourcen, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Vögel, Kinder/Jugendliche: Persönliche und soziale Themen: Daten, Beziehungen, Romantik und Liebe, Graphic Novel / Comic / Manga: Memoiren, wahre Geschichten und Sachliteratur, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Geschichte und Vergangenheit, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Wissenschaft: Der menschliche Körper, Kinder/Jugendliche: Persönliche und soziale themen: LGBTQIA+, Schule und Lernen: Sozialwissenschaften, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Humor und Witze, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Regionen, Orte und Menschen, Kinder/Jugendliche: Allgemeine Interessen: Arbeit, Politik und Gesellschaft, Schule und Lernen: Biologie
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