{"product_id":"primate-visions-by-donna-haraway","title":"'Primate Visions' by Donna Haraway","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"414\"\u003eThis is Haraway before she becomes shorthand.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"414\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"133\"\u003ePrimate Visions\u003c\/em\u003e is where a lot of her thinking actually does its slow, forensic work—less manifesto, more excavation. She traces how primatology (the study of apes and monkeys) has never been neutral observation, but a projection surface for human anxieties about gender, race, family, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"867\"\u003eThe famous Koko photograph pictured in the slideshow is a good example of what the book explores, how the “speaking” animal becomes a stage on which ideas of humanity, femininity, and care are rehearsed. Haraway’s point isn’t that science is wrong, but that it is always already narrative—structured by who is looking, and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"992\"\u003eIt’s dense, occasionally slippery, but it rewards attention. Not a gateway text—more like what makes the gate swing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"992\"\u003eFirst edition academic paperback, some marginalia. Otherwise in great condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44195144007763,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-18T094921.631.png?v=1773787783","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/primate-visions-by-donna-haraway","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}