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A milestone in the evolution of feminist posthumanist theory. "A Cyborg Manifesto" explains three boundary breakdowns of a culture nature divide; human and animal, animal-human and machine, and physical and non-physical. Haraway criticizes feminism especially the area focused on identity politics and encourages feminists to move past limitations of traditional gender, feminism, and politics.
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"Primate Visions" explores the racist agenda of Darwinism, inhumane research done on primates, the significance of the women who conducted some of the first field work with apes, and feminist sociobiological and anthropological theories. -
Haraway was awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science's Ludwik Fleck Prize for her book "Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan_Meets_OncoMouse". She worked for six years with feminist theorist Lynn Randolph exploring feminism, technoscience, and political consciousness. She uses metaphorical terms FemaleMan and OncoMouse to explore the construction and deconstruction of the boundaries between a multitude of areas including technology and culture, and humanity and nature.
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Haraway explores the fascinating insights of the relationship between human and animals and how companion animals give people that feeling of what it means to feel "human". She describes what constitutes an animal to be considered a "companion species", not just with dogs, but with other animals, as well.