Beschreibung:
This timely and engaging book argues that technoscientific advances are radically transforming the woman-machine relationship. However, it is feminist politics rather than the technologies themselves that make the difference. TechnoFeminism fuses the visionary insights of cyberfeminism with a materialist analysis of the sexual politics of technology.
This timely and engaging book argues that technoscientific advances are radically transforming the woman-machine relationship. However, it is feminist politics rather than the technologies themselves that make the difference. TechnoFeminism fuses the visionary insights of cyberfeminism with a materialist analysis of the sexual politics of technology.
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 thematrtix'.Performing Gender in Cyberspace.Technology as Freedom.4. The Cyborg Solution.Embracing Science and Technology.From Man of Science to FemaleMan.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