Primate visions : gender, race, and nature in the world of modern science

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Primate visions : gender, race, and nature in the world of modern science

Donna Haraway

Routledge, 1989

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Bibliography: p. 432-472

Includes index

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ISBN 9780415901147

Description

In charting the history of primatology, the study of apes and monkeys, Donna Haraway questions the objectivity of science' and the culture-based assumptions it makes about gender, race and the natural' world. This book should be of interest to advanced students of sociology and social anthropology, history of science, women's studies and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Persistance of Vision Part One: Monkeys and Monopoly Capitalism: Primatology before World War II 2. Primate Colonies and the Extraction of Value 3. Teddy Bear Patriarchy: Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-36 4. A Pilot Plant for Human Engineering: Robert Yerkes and the Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology, 1924-42 5. A Semiotics of the Naturalistic Field, From C R Carpenter to S AQ Altmann, 1930-55 Part Two: Decolonization and Multinational Primatology 6. Re-instituting Western Primatology after World War II 7. Apes in Eden, Apes in Space: Mothering as a Scientist fro National Geographic 8. Remodelling the Human Way of Life: Sherwood, Washburn and the New Physical Anthropology, 1950-1980 9. Metaphors in Hardware: Harry Harlow and the Technology of Love 10. The Bio-politics of a Multicultural Field Part Three: The Politics of Being Female: Primatology is a Genre of Feminist Theory 11. Women's Place is in the Jungle 12. Jeanne Altmann: Time-Energy Budgets of Dual Career Mothering 13. Linda Marie Fedigan: Models for Interventions 14. Adrienne Zihlman: The Paleoanthropology of Sex and Gender 15. Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Investment Strategies of the Evolving Portfolio of Primate Females 16. Reprise: Science Fiction, Fictions of Science, and Primatology Mira's Morning Song. Notes. Sources. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415902946

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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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: The Persistence of Vision
  • Part 1 Monkeys and Monopoly Capitalism: Primatology Before World War II
  • Chapter 2 Primate Colonies and the Extraction of Value
  • Chapter 3 Teddy Bear Patriarchy Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-1936
  • Chapter 4 A Pilot Plant for Human Engineering: Robert Yerkes and the Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology,1924-1942
  • Chapter 5 A Semiotics of the Naturalistic Field: From C.R. Carpenter to S.A. Altmann 1930-1955
  • Part 2 Decolonization and Multinational Primatology
  • Chapter 6 Re-Instituting Western Primatology after World War II
  • Chapter 7 Apes in Eden, Apes in Space: Mothering as a Scientist for National Geographic
  • Chapter 8 Remodeling the Human Way of Life: Sherwood Washburn and the New Physical Anthropology, 1950-1980
  • Chapter 9 Metaphors into Hardware: Harry Harlow and the Technology of Love
  • Chapter 10 The Bio-politics of a Multicultural Field
  • Part 3 Women's Place is in the Jungle
  • Chapter 11 Women's Place is in the Jungle
  • Chapter 12 Jeanne Altmann: Time-Energy Budgets of Dual Career Mothering
  • Chapter 13 Linda Marie Fedigan: Models for Intervention
  • Chapter 14 Adrienne Zihlman: The Paleoanthropology of Sex and Gender
  • Chapter 15 Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Investment Strategies for the Evolving Portfolio of Primate Females
  • Chapter 16 Reprise: Science Fiction, Fictions of Science, and Primatology
  • Mira's Morning Song
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Index

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