| Description |
ix, 486 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-472) and index. |
| Contents |
Primate colonies and the extraction of value -- Teddy bear patriarchy : taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-36 -- Pilot plant for human engineering : Robert Yerkes and the Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology, 1924-42 -- Semiotics of the naturalistic field : from C.R. Carpenter to S.A. Altmann, 1930-55 -- Re-instituting western primatology after World War II -- Apes in Eden, apes in space : mothering as a scientist for National Geographic -- Remodeling the human way of life : Sherwood Washburn and the new physical anthropology, 1950-1980 -- Metaphors into hardware : Harry Harlow and the technology of love -- Bio-politics of a multicultural field -- Women's place is in the jungle -- Jeanne Altmann : time-energy budgets of dual career mothering -- Linda Maria Fedigan : models for interventions. |
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Adrienne Zihlman : the paleoanthropology of sex and gender -- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy : investment strategies for the evolving portfolio of primate females -- Reprise : science fiction, fictions of science, and primatology. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. Judith L. Johnston |
| Subject |
Primates.
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Primates. |
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Primates -- Research -- History.
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Primates -- Research. |
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History. |
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Feminist criticism.
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Feminist criticism. |
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Sociobiology.
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Sociobiology. |
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Human biology -- Social aspects.
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Human biology -- Social aspects. |
| Indexed Term |
Culture Biosocial aspects |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Primate visions. New York : Routledge, 1989 (OCoLC)555643149 |
| ISBN |
0415901146 : $35.00 ($45.50 Can.) |
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9780415901147 |
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0415902940 |
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9780415902946 |
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