| Processed Lives: Gender and Technology in Everyday Life Contributor(s): Calvert, Melodie (Editor), Terry, Jennifer (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415149320 ISBN-13: 9780415149327 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: Processed Lives analyzes the interrelations of gender and technology. It considers how the terms of gender are embodies in technologies, and conversely, how technologies shape our notions of gender. The contributors explore the complex territory between the lust for technology and the fear of technology, commenting particularly on the ambivalence women experience in relation to machines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.46 |
| LCCN: 96-6628 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.87" W x 9.65" (1.48 lbs) 264 pages |
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| Publisher 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. |