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Feminism Confronts Technology
ISBN-13:
9780745656625
Veröffentl:
2013
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
194
Autor:
Judy Wajcman
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Feminism Confronts Technology provides a lively and engaging exploration of the impact of technology on women's lives from word processors to food processors, and genetic engineering to the design of cities. Comprehensive and critical, this book surveys the sociological and feminist literature on technology, highlighting the male bias in the way technology is defined as well as developed. Wajcman sets the scene with an overview of feminist theories of science and technology: encompassing the technologies of production and reproduction as well as domestic technology. The author challenges the common assumption that technology is gender neutral, looking at whether technology can liberate women or whether the new technologies are reinforcing sexual divisions in society.
Feminism Confronts Technology provides a lively and engagingexploration of the impact of technology on women's lives from wordprocessors to food processors, and genetic engineering to thedesign of cities. Comprehensive and critical, this book surveys thesociological and feminist literature on technology, highlightingthe male bias in the way technology is defined as well asdeveloped. Wajcman sets the scene with an overview of feministtheories of science and technology: encompassing the technologiesof production and reproduction as well as domestic technology.The author challenges the common assumption that technology isgender neutral, looking at whether technology can liberate women orwhether the new technologies are reinforcing sexual divisions insociety.
Acknowledgements.Preface.1. Feminist Critiques of Science and Technology.2. The Technology of Production: Making a Job of Gender.3. Reproductive Technology: Delivered into Men's Hands.4. Domestic Technology: Labour-saving or Enslaving?.5. The Built Environment: Women's Place, Gendered Space.6. Technology as Masculine Culture.Conclusion.Notes.Bibliography.Index.