Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature - Couverture souple

Haraway, Donna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853431397 ISBN 13 : 9781853431395

Editeur : Free Association Books, 1991

Synopsis

Simians, Cyborgs and Women Donna Haraway analyses accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs (cybernetic components); showing how deeply cultural assumptions penetrate into allegedly value-neutral medical research. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Simians, Cyborgs and Women is a powerful collection of ten essays written between 1978 and 1989. Although on the surface, simians, cyborgs and women may seem an odd threesome, Haraway describes their profound link as "creatures" which have had a great destabilizing place in Western evolutionary technology and biology. Throughout this book, Haraway analyzes accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs. At once a social reality and a science fiction, the cyborg--a hybrid of organism and machine--represents transgressed boundaries and intense fusions of the nature/culture split. By providing an escape from rigid dualisms, the cyborg exists in a post-gender world, and as such holds immense possibilities for modern feminists. Haraway's recent book, Primate Visions, has been called "outstanding," "original," and "brilliant," by leading scholars in the field. (First published in 1991.)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Free Association Books
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1853431397
• ISBN 13: 9781853431395
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 290