Are new technologies and machineries helpful for our understanding of gender? This study analyzes the interrelations of gender and technology. It considers how the terms of gender are embodied in technologies, and conversely, how technologies shape our notions of gender. Editor(s): Terry, Jennifer; Calvert, Melodie. Num Pages: 264 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 680. . . 1st Edition. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Processed Lives : Gender And Technology
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415149320
ISBN 13: 9780415149327
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Considers how the terms of gender are embodied in technologies, and conversely, how technologies shape our notions of gender. The contributors explore the complex territory between the lust for, and the fear of, technology, commenting on the ambivalence women experience in relation to machines. Discussing topics such as embryonic fertilization, the virtual female, networking women, the sexuality of computers, surveillance systems, UFOs, and the emancipation of Barbie, rocessed Lives offers a provocative, visually rich critical approach to th multifaceted relationships between masculinity, femininity and machines. Contributors: Barbie Liberation Organization, Ericka Beckman, Lisa Cartwright, Gregg Bordowitz, Sara Diamond, Judith Halberstam, Evelynn Hammonds, Kathy High, David Horn, Ira Livingston, Bonita Makuch, Margaret Morse, Soheir Morsy, Liss Platt, B Ruby Rich, Connie Samaras, Joya Saunders, Julia Scher, Andrea Slane, Mary Ellen Strom, Christime Tamblyn, Nina Wakeford.

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