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Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science

by Donna J. Haraway · 1989

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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.

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adult
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long · 496 pages

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