Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan_Meets_OncoMouse: Feminism and Technoscience
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (526 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415912458 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Donna Haraway is the author of Primate Visions: Gender,Race and Nature in the World of Modern Science and Simians, Cyborgs, and Women, both published by Routledge. She teaches science studies, feminist theory and women's studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
"Easy"for Haraway michael present For anyone who considers themselves a "future focused" feminist, that is a feminist deeply concerned (and excited!) about the intersection between gender and technology.Or if you are someone interested in the expanding definition(s) (and hierarchies) of "life" on earth in the age/field of what Haraway terms 'technoscience'And if you are willing to openly embrace (and interrogate) the politics of those blurred boundaries, so as to make "sense" of a non-senical world, where the human and non-human conflict and intersectthen this book is for you!Haraway can be a tough read, however (for the most part) it is surely worth it. Her writing is e. pearly said Four Stars. complex. worth it. Haraway Review Jessica L. Kyle A note to be made to any potential readers regarding the accessibility of this book is that there are two areas in which some background is extremely helpful: critical theory (certain terms and concepts) and Sandra Harding's idea of strong objectivity, which is used, in Haraway's altered form, as a central concept in the book. Neither critical theory terminology nor strong objectivity is explained in enough depth for a reader unfamiliar with them to understand well, and, in the case of the latter, have a strong enough grasp to consider crucial differences in the approaches of Harding and Haraway. Haraway's stated purpose of the book is t
It is challenging, powerful, and unsettling to comfortable notions worth distressing."-"LSojourner "A mixture of passionate polemic, abtruse theory, and technological musing."-"Detroit Free Press "A conversation with Haraway is an experience you don't soon forget."-"Santa Cruz County Sentinel "It can change the way you think."-"San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle . She's exploring new territory, she's drawing new maps, she's onto something--the metaphors come thick and fast. Love her or loathe her, you ignore her at your peril."-"New Scientist "Haraway's 'modest witness' is a fascinating figure.In a contribution that is by itself worth the price of the book, Haraway produces a wonderfully
There is no innocent place to stand in the world where the book's author figure, FemaleMan, encounters DuPont's controversial laboratory rodent, OncoMouse.. With it, Haraway locates herself and her readers in a sprawling net of associations more far-flung than the Internet. The address is not a cozy home. Modest_Witness@Second_Millenium.FemaleMan_Meets_OncoMouse explores the roles of stories, figures, dreams, theories, facts, delusions, advertising, institutions, economic arrangements, publishing practices, scientific advances, and politics in twentieth-century technoscience.The book's title is an e-mail address