| Feminism in Twentieth-Century Science, Technology, and Medicine Contributor(s): Creager, Angela N. H. (Editor), Lunbeck, Elizabeth (Editor), Schiebinger, Londa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226120236 ISBN-13: 9780226120232 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2001 Annotation: What useful changes has feminism brought to science? Feminists have enjoyed success in their efforts to open many fields to women as participants. But the effects of feminism have not been restricted to altering employment and professional opportunities for women. The essays in this volume explore how feminist theories and practices have had a direct impact on research in the biological and social sciences, in medicine, and in technology, often providing the impetus for fundamentally changing the theoretical underpinnings and practices of such research. In archeology, evidence of women's hunting activities suggested by spears found in women's graves is no longer dismissed; computer scientists have used feminist epistemologies for rethinking the human-interface problems of our growing reliance on computers. Attention to women's movements often tends to reinforce a presumption that feminism changes institutions through critique-from-without. The examples of change in this volume reveal, however, the potent but not always visible transformations feminism has brought to science, technology, and medicine from within. Contributors: Ruth Schwartz Cowan Linda Marie Fedigan Scott Gilbert Evelynn M. Hammonds Evelyn Fox Keller Pamela E. Mack Michael S. Mahoney Emily Martin Ruth Oldenziel Nelly Oudshoorn Carroll Pursell Karen A. Rader Alison Wylie |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 500.82 |
| LCCN: 2001027410 |
| Series: Women in Culture and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.32" W x 9.24" (1.20 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: What useful changes has feminism brought to science? Feminists have enjoyed success in their efforts to open many fields to women as participants. But the effects of feminism have not been restricted to altering employment and professional opportunities for women. The essays in this volume explore how feminist theory has had a direct impact on research in the biological and social sciences, in medicine, and in technology, often providing the impetus for fundamentally changing the theoretical underpinnings and practices of such research. In archaeology, evidence of women's hunting activities suggested by spears found in women's graves is no longer dismissed; computer scientists have used feminist epistemologies for rethinking the human-interface problems of our growing reliance on computers. Attention to women's movements often tends to reinforce a presumption that feminism changes institutions through critique-from-without. This volume reveals the potent but not always visible transformations feminism has brought to science, technology, and medicine from within. Contributors: Ruth Schwartz Cowan Linda Marie Fedigan Scott Gilbert Evelynn M. Hammonds Evelyn Fox Keller Pamela E. Mack Michael S. Mahoney Emily Martin Ruth Oldenziel Nelly Oudshoorn Carroll Pursell Karen Rader Alison Wylie |
Contributor Bio(s): Creager, Angela N. H.: - Angela N. H. Creager is theThomas M. Siebel Professor in the History of Science at Princeton University. |