Judy Wajcman (Australian National University)

TechnoFeminism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gives an up--to--date analysis of the relations between gender and technology Deals with popular themes such as Donna Harraway's work on "cyborgs" Provides a continuation to the arguments that Wajcman made in her previous Polity book Feminism Confronts Technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 205g
• ISBN-13: 9780745630441
• ISBN-10: 0745630448
• Artikelnr.: 14788851

Autorenporträt

Judy Wajcman is Professor of Sociology in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University and a Visiting Centennial Professor in the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Feminist Utopia or Dystopia?.
1. Male Designs on Technology.
From Access to Equity.
Science as Ideology.
Technology as Patriarchal.
Sex, Class and Technology.
2. Technoscience Reconfigured.
Beyond Technological Determinism.
From Gender-Blind to Gender Aware.
Combining Feminist and Technology Studies.
3. Virtual Gender.
Networked Community.
Cyberfeminism: 'The clitoris is a direct line to the matrtix'.
Performing Gender in Cyberspace.
Technology as Freedom.
4. The Cyborg Solution.
Embracing Science and Technology.
From Man of Science to FemaleMan(c).
OncoMouseTM: Technologising Life and Reprogramming Nature.
Send in the Cyborgs.
5. Metaphor and Materiality.
Changing Technologies, Changing Subjectivities.
Towards Technofeminism.
Sociotechincal Practices: Expertise and Agency

Rezensionen

Draws on a range of feminist perspectives, including the liberal and radical perspectives, to aid the analysis and to suggest fruitful ways forward for feminism.

Gender, Work & Organization