edited by Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson and Sue V. Rosser contributions by Cheryl B Leggon, Barbara Katz Rothman, Linda L Layne, Carol Colatrella, James Fenimore, Sue V. Rosser, Mary Frank Fox, Mara H Wasburn, Susan G Miller and Judy Wajcman epilogue by Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson and Sue V. Rosser introduction by Deborah G. Johnson
University of Illinois Press, 2006 eISBN: 978-0-252-05565-2 | Cloth: 978-0-252-03095-6 | Paper: 978-0-252-07336-6 Library of Congress Classification HQ1178.W68 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 303.4834082
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
An interdisciplinary investigation of the co-creation of gender and technology
Each of the ten chapters in Women, Gender, and Technology explores a different aspect of how gender and technology work--and are at work--in particular domains, including film narratives, reproductive technologies, information technology, and the profession of engineering. The volume's contributors include representatives of over half a dozen different disciplines, and each provides a novel perspective on the foundational idea that gender and technology co-create one another. Together, their articles provide a window on to the rich and complex issues that arise in the attempt to understand the relationship between these profoundly intertwined notions.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Mary Frank Fox is NSF Advance Professor in the School of Public Policy and codirector of the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the coauthor of Women at Work.
Deborah G. Johnson is the Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics and chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia. Her most recent book is Computer Ethics.
Sue V. Rosser is dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and a professor of history, technology, and society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her most recent book is The Science Glass Ceiling.
REVIEWS
"This book adds a new focus to the important implications of technological influence on gender relations and the gendered construction of knowledge. I recommend this book for scholars of all disciplines who are looking for a collection of essays to extend their lens toward gender and technology."--Review of Policy Research
Crucial to deepening feminist theory as a contribution to social transformation."--Signs
"A good view of a world in which technology and gender are intertwined."--JAC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Deborah G. Johnson
1. Using the Lenses of Feminist Theories to Focus on Women and
Technology
Sue V. Rosser
2. Women, Men, and Engineering
Mary Frank Fox
3. Still a Chilly Climate for Women Students in Technology
Mara H. Wasburn and Susan G. Miller
4. The Feminisation of Work in the Information Age
Judy Wajcman
5. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and the Digital Divide
Cheryl B. Leggon
6. Genetic Technology and Women
Barbara Katz Rothman
7. Some Unintended Consequences of New Reproductive and
Information Technologies on the Experience of Pregnancy Loss--
Linda L. Layne
8. Feminist Narratives
Carol Colatrella
9. High-Tech Worship
James Fenimore
Postscript: Join the Conversation
Index
