Feminism Confronts Technology
Judy Wajcman(Author)
Polity Press
Published on 1. August 1991
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7456-0777-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an exploration of the impact of technology on women's lives. The technology considered includes word processors, food processors, genetic engineering and buildings. The book surveys sociological and feminist literature on technology, and argues that there is an in-built male bias in the way technology is designed and defined.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-0777-1 (9780745607771)
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Judy Wajcman
Feminism Confronts Technology
Book
08/1991
1st Edition
Polity Press
€41.03
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Content
Feminist critiques of science and technology; the technology of production - making a job of gender; reproductive technology - delivered into men's hands; domestic technology - labour-saving or enslaving; the built environment - women's place, gendered space; technology as masculine culture.