Women, gender, and technology /

Looking into the co-creation of gender and technology, this work explores how gender and technology work in particular domains, including film narratives, reproductive technologies, information technology and the profession of engineering.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Outros autores: Fox, Mary Frank, Johnson, Deborah G., 1945-, Rosser, Sue Vilhauer
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2006.
Series:Women, gender, and technology.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3769632
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Deborah G. Johnson
  • Using the lenses of feminist theories to focus on women and technology / Sue V. Rosser
  • Women, men, and engineering / Mary Frank Fox
  • Still a chilly climate for women students in technology: a case study / Mara H. Wasburn and Susan G. Miller
  • The feminization of work in the information age / Judy Wajcman
  • Gender, race/ethnicity, and the digital divide / Cheryl B. Leggon
  • Genetic technology and women / Barbara Katz Rothman
  • Some unintended consequences of new reproductive and information technologies on the experience of pregnancy loss / Linda L. Layne
  • Feminist narratives of science and technology: artificial life and true love in Eve of destruction and Making Mr. Right / Carol Colatrella
  • High-tech worship: gender, politics and the appropriation of multimedia technology for Christian worship / James Fenimore
  • Postscript: join the conversation / Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson, and Sue V. Rosser.