Feminism & science / edited by Nancy Tuana. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tuana, Nancy.

Series:

Race, gender, and science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexism in science.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 249 p. ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Feminism and science.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1989.

Contents:

Feminist scholarship in the sciences : whare are we now and when can we expect a theoretical breakthrough? / Sue V. Rosser

Is there a feminist method? / Sandra Harding

The gender/science system : or, is sex to gender as nature is to science? / Evelyn Fox Keller

Can there be a feminist science? / Helen E. Longino

Is the subject of science sexed? / Luce Irigaray

Uncovering gynocentric science / Ruth Ginzberg

Justifying feminist social science / Linda Alcoff

John Dewey and Evelyn Fox Keller : a shared epistemological tradition / Lisa Heldke

(cont.) Science, facts, and feminism / Ruth Hubbard

Modeling the gender politics in science / Elizabeth Potter

The weaker seed : the sexist bias of reproductive theory / Nancy Tuana

The importance of feminist critique for contemporary cell biology / The Biology and Gender Study Group

The premenstrual syndrome : "dis-easing" the female cycle / Jacquelyn N. Zita

Women and the mismeasure of thought / Judith Genova.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239).

ISBN:

0-585-18265-5