Feminism Confronts Technology
Published on 29. May 2013
194 pages
978-0-7456-5662-5 (ISBN)
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Feminism Confronts Technology provides a lively and engagingexploration of the impact of technology on women's lives from wordprocessors to food processors, and genetic engineering to thedesign of cities. Comprehensive and critical, this book surveys thesociological and feminist literature on technology, highlightingthe male bias in the way technology is defined as well asdeveloped. Wajcman sets the scene with an overview of feministtheories of science and technology: encompassing the technologiesof production and reproduction as well as domestic technology.
The author challenges the common assumption that technology isgender neutral, looking at whether technology can liberate women orwhether the new technologies are reinforcing sexual divisions insociety.
The author challenges the common assumption that technology isgender neutral, looking at whether technology can liberate women orwhether the new technologies are reinforcing sexual divisions insociety.
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Judy Wajcman's previous books include Women in Control (Open University Press, 1983). She is also the co-author of Women in Society (Virago, 1981) and co-editor of The Shaping of Technology (Virago, 1981).
Content
Acknowledgements.
Preface.
1. Feminist Critiques of Science and Technology.
2. The Technology of Production: Making a Job of Gender.
3. Reproductive Technology: Delivered into Men's Hands.
4. Domestic Technology: Labour-saving or Enslaving?.
5. The Built Environment: Women's Place, Gendered Space.
6. Technology as Masculine Culture.
Conclusion.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Preface.
1. Feminist Critiques of Science and Technology.
2. The Technology of Production: Making a Job of Gender.
3. Reproductive Technology: Delivered into Men's Hands.
4. Domestic Technology: Labour-saving or Enslaving?.
5. The Built Environment: Women's Place, Gendered Space.
6. Technology as Masculine Culture.
Conclusion.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
