Haraway, one of the most highly regarded theorists in America, discusses her intellectual development and influences, the role of Catholicism in her thinking and how her ethical stands have mirrored issues in her personal life.
In this interview conducted by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, the author of such seminal works as "Primate Visions" and "Simians, Cyborgs, and Women" speaks in a direct and non-academic voice on such topics as her intellectual development, the role Catholicism has played in her thinking, and how her ethical stands have mirrored her personal life.
"...contributes to a history of women's lives in twentieth-century America as well as to a history of feminism." -- NWSA Journal"Goodeve easily steers the discussion to intensely personal territory that is sure to interest Haraway's admirers. She discusses the impact of her mother's death and her adult love relationships upon her work, and the link between her Catholic upbringing and the metaphorical heart of her theory. HOW LIKE A LEAF...is a terrific read, and on that brings an important theorist closer to the general public." -- Puncture Magazine"...people who seek a greater understanding of Haraway's work will find the interview well worth their time... It's most impressive attribute is that it manages to perform the integration between the personal, the political, the historical and the theoretical in a manner that is well suited to Haraway's thought." -- Kairos"How Like A Leaf is a welcome door to the complex theories and personal life of Haraway...Recommended for all women's studies and academic science collections." -- Library Journal, December 1999"How Like A Leaf offers its reader an inviting visit with Haraway, which evolves as a balanced blend of academic discourse and informal banter housed in a deceivingly slender book, as compared to the volumes of related thought it conjures. As cyborgs, our neurons resonate the electric hum of her words--their prophetic implications racing through terminals, past each glowing plexus with the thrill of transformation, and the exactness of circuitry." -- Foreword"Feminist philosopher of science, Donna J. Haraway, author of "A Manifesto for Cyborgs" and PRIMATE VISIONS, explains the roles that Heidegger, critical theory, California, and her ex-husband's death from AIDS play in her thinking in HOW LIKE A LEAF: An Interview with Donna J. Haraway b Thyrza Nicholas Goodeve." -- Publishers Weekly"Her extreordinayr mobility of point of view thrwarts bloc politics,flows like cool water over devastating oppressions -Linda Brigham, Cultural Studies October, 2001."
