Feminism confronts technology

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Feminism confronts technology

Judy Wajcman

Polity Press, 1991

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Includes bibliographical references (p.[168]-179) and index

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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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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