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Women, gender, and technology / edited by Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson, and Sue V. Rosser.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women Gender and Technology Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
- Women.
- Computers and women--United States.
- Computers and women.
- Information technology--Social aspects--United States.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction /
- r Deborah G. Johnson
- t Using the lenses of feminist theories to focus on women and technology /
- r Sue V. Rosser
- t Women, men, and engineering /
- r Mary Frank Fox
- t Still a chilly climate for women students in technology: a case study /
- r Mara H. Wasburn and Susan G. Miller
- t The feminization of work in the information age /
- r Judy Wajcman
- t Gender, race/ethnicity, and the digital divide /
- r Cheryl B. Leggon
- t Genetic technology and women /
- r Barbara Katz Rothman
- t Some unintended consequences of new reproductive and information technologies on the experience of pregnancy loss /
- r Linda L. Layne
- t Feminist narratives of science and technology: artificial life and true love in Eve of destruction and Making Mr. Right /
- r Carol Colatrella
- t High-tech worship: gender, politics and the appropriation of multimedia technology for Christian worship /
- r James Fenimore
- t Postscript: join the conversation /
- r Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson, and Sue V. Rosser.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252055652
- 0252055659
- OCLC:
- 1419058151
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