Processed lives : gender and technology in everyday life

Author(s)

• Terry, Jennifer
• Calvert, Melodie

Bibliographic Information

Processed lives : gender and technology in everyday life

edited by Jennifer Terry and Melodie Calvert

Routledge, 1997

• : hdk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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• NCID: BA31002194
• ISBN:
  • 0415149312
  • 0415149320
• LCCN: 96026628
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 248 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1233
  • DC20 : 303.48/33
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- Effect of technological innovations on
  • LCSH : Technology -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Technological innovations -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Sex role
  • LCSH : Femininity (Psychology)
  • LCSH : Masculinity (Psychology)