Sex/Machine
Readings in Culture, Gender and Technology
Published on 28. August 1999
Book
Hardback
663 pages
978-0-253-33441-1 (ISBN)
Description
How do cultural notions of gender affect what kinds of technologies are produced and for what purposes? How does technology affect gender roles, either by reinforcing them or destabilizing them? What is the significance of sex and gender in the use of technologies such as cosmetic surgery and reproductive procedures that manipulate the body? Does "sexual difference" have any implications for the development of technology? What does "gender" mean in a technologically influenced world? Technology - from personal computers and cyberspace to artificial wombs and sex reassignment surgery - has opened up the possibility that sex roles as well as the gendered notions we have of human identity are subject to radical change. "This engaging anthology examines long-standing stereotypical associations of men with technology and women with nature and assesses the impact of technologies that have necessarily blurred distinctions between the sexes on these traditional views of gender. This is an illuminating and often unsettling picture of the ethical, moral, and legal issues that shape experience, culture, and identity in the late twentieth century emerges from this thought-provoking collection."
- "Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology" - Don Ihde, general editor.
- "Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology" - Don Ihde, general editor.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
885 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-33441-1 (9780253334411)
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Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: The Intersection of Culture, Gender, and Technology by Patrick D. Hopkins Part 1: Inventing Histories: Gender and Technological Development 1. Women Hold Up Two-Thirds of the Sky: Notes for a Revised History of Technology Autumn Stanley 2. The "Industrial Revolution" in the Home: Household Technology and Social Change in the 20th Century Ruth Schwartz Cowan 3. The Culture of the Telephone Mich le Martin 4. Femininity and the Electric Car Virginia Scharff 5. Does Technology Work for Women Too? Lilia Oblepias-Ramos Part 2: (Mis?)Conceptions: Morality and Gender Politics in Reproductive Technology 6. Bioethics and Fatherhood Daniel Callahan 7. Artificial Insemination: Who's Responsible? Ronald Munson 8. Sex Preselection: Eugenics for Everyone? Helen B. Holmes 9. The Ethics of Sex Preselection Mary Anne Warren 10. Surrogate Motherhood: The Challenge for Feminists Lori B. Andrews Part 3: (Re)Locating Fetuses: Technology and New Body Politics 11. Male Pregnancy Dick Teresi and Kathleen McAuliffe 12. Is Pregnancy Necessary? Feminist Concerns About Ectogenesis Julien S. Murphy 13. New Reproductive Technology: Some Implications for the Abortion Issue Christine Overall 14. Opinion in the Matter of Davis v. Davis Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee Part 4: Body Building: The (Re)Construction of Sex and Sexuality 15. The Medical Construction of Gender: Case Management of Intersexed Infants Suzanne J. Kessler 16. Women and the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery and the Colonization of Women's Bodies Kathryn Pauly Morgan 17. Facing the Dilemma Kathy David 18. Sappho by Surgery Janice G. Raymond 19. The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto Sandy Stone 20. Reproductive Controls and Sexual Destiny Timothy F. Murphy Part 5: (Virtual?) Gender: From Computer Culture to Cyberspace 21. Computational Reticence: Why Women Fear the Intimate Machine Sherry Turkle 22. Excluding Women from the Technologies of the Future?: A Case Study of the Culture of Computer Science Bente Rasmussen and Tove Hipnes 23. Tinysex and Gender Trouble Sherry Turkle 24. In Novel Conditions: The Cross-Dressing Psychiatrist Allucquere Roseanne Stone Part 6: Our Machines/Our Selves: Gender and Cyborg Subjects 25. A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century Donna J. Haraway 26. Automating Gender: Postmodern Feminism in the Age of the Intelligent Machine Judith Halberstam 27. The Pleasure of the Interface Claudia Springer Contributors Index