Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (670 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B0YW2N8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Great Historiography with Context of Primatology RDD In "Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science", Donna Haraway examines the literature of primatology in the twentieth century. In the course of her work, she draws extensively on Bruno Latour’s projected methods for studying science in action. Haraway w. "I place some blame on the author for poor writing. But Haraway's writing is brilliant" according to Elizabeth Miller. Usually when I have trouble getting through a book, I place some blame on the author for poor writing. But Haraway's writing is brilliant, just so theoretically dense that if I really want to understand, it takes me an hour to read 12-15 pages. This is an incredible work of scholarship, wi. "brilliant" according to Shawn Thompson aka the intimate ape. A brilliant examination of the thought underlying the understanding of primates in Western culture with a rewarding surprise on every page.
Shirley Strum, in Almost Human: A Journey into the World of Baboons ( LJ 10/15/87), described the resistance she met when her observations of baboons undermined theories of male social dominance. of California, Santa Cruz) claims there is a Western white male bias in theories of human evolution and culture and discusses the problems facing female scientists in this field. From Library Journal In this book, Haraway (biology, Univ. However, the dense prose and polemics of this book restrict its audience to scholars equipped to debate her vi
Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research.