num_pages: 208
description: Feminist theorist and philosopher Donna Haraway has substantially impacted thought on science cyberculture the environment animals and social relations. This long-overdue volume explores her influence on feminist theory and philosophy paying particular attention to her more recent work on companion species rather than her Manifesto for Cyborgs.Margret Grebowicz and Helen Merrick argue that the ongoing fascination with and re-production of the cyborg has overshadowed Haraway's extensive body of work in ways that run counter to her own transdisciplinary practices. Sparked by their own personal adventures with Haraway's work the authors offer readings of her texts framed by a series of theoretical and political feminist materialism standpoint epistemology radical democratic theory queer theory and even science fiction. They situate Haraway's critical storytelling and risky reading practices as forms of feminist methodology and recognize her passionate engagement with naturecultures as the theoretical core driving her work. Chapters situate Haraway as critic theorist biologist feminist historian and humorist exploring the full range of her identities and reflecting her commitment to embodying all of these modes simultaneously.
language: English
title: Beyond the Cyborg: Adventures with Donna Haraway
publisher: Columbia University Press