{"product_id":"a-cyborgs-father-misreading-donna-haraway-paperback","title":"A Cyborg's Father: Misreading Donna Haraway - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDave Brennan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as an infant and became dependent on technology to stay alive, Dave Brennan sets off in search of a vision: what does it mean to live as a cyborg? And how might he best help his daughter navigate the relationship between machine and flesh?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a line plucked from Donna Haraway's \u003ci\u003eA Cyborg Manifesto - \u003c\/i\u003e\"Unlike the hopes of Frankenstein's monster, the cyborg does not expect its father\" -\u003ci\u003e A Cyborg's Father\u003c\/i\u003e blends memoiristic poetic fragments with lyric essays that look toward music and literature by women artists who have embraced the technological as a metaphorical or literal means of investigating and owning their experience as women. Traversing the intersecting paths of feminism, chronic illness, disability studies, transhumanism, interdependence, and more, this is the tale of a father whose greatest hope is to be rendered inessential. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Brennan\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Virginia and teaches at James Madison University. His books include \u003ci\u003eDisintegration F_ace\u003c\/i\u003e (Schism Press, 2023), \u003ci\u003eMurder Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e (punctum books, 2016), \u003ci\u003eA Dash as Long as the Earth's Orbit\u003c\/i\u003e (Bateau Press, 2023), winner of the BOOM Chapbook Contest, and \u003ci\u003eThe Family Flamboyant\u003c\/i\u003e (Brickhouse Books, 2010), winner of the Stonewall Chapbook Contest. His uploaded consciousness can be found at fckyrbookclub.substack.com.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45859824566469,"sku":"9781685712303","price":39.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/e3ypoJhZbW9781685712303.webp?v=1771532987","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/a-cyborgs-father-misreading-donna-haraway-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}