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OverviewFor most of human experience, certainly of late, the artefacts of technological civilization have become closely associated with gender, sometimes for physiological reasons (brassieres or condoms, for example) but more often because of social and cultural factors, both obvious and obscure. Because these stereotypes necessarily have economic, social and political consequences, understanding how gender shapes the ways we view and use technology - and how technology shapes our concept of gender - has emerged as a matter of serious scholarly importance. ""Gender and Technology"" brings together leading historians of technology to explore this entwined and reciprocal relationship, focusing on the tools (cars, typewriters, computers, vibrators), industries (dressmaking, steam laundering, cigar making, meat packing) and places (factories, offices, homes) of North America between 1850 and 1950. Together, these essays reveal the ways in which technology and gender - far from being essential, immutable categories - develop historically as social constructions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nina Lerman (Whitman College) , Ruth Oldenziel , Arwen P. Mohun (University of Delaware) , Nina Lerman (Associate Professor of History, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780801872594ISBN 10: 0801872596 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 10 December 2003 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsThis excellent anthology should become a standard source for those interested in the history of gender and technology, as well as a widely used text for courses in gender studies. Well-written, thought-provoking, and frequently just plain enjoyable, the pieces in this collection will serve valuable scholarly purpose, helping both to establish where research on the relationship between gender and history of technology currently stands and to suggest promising directions for future work. """This excellent anthology should become a standard source for those interested in the history of gender and technology, as well as a widely used text for courses in gender studies."" ""Well-written, thought-provoking, and frequently just plain enjoyable, the pieces in this collection will serve valuable scholarly purpose, helping both to establish where research on the relationship between gender and history of technology currently stands and to suggest promising directions for future work.""" This excellent anthology should become a standard source for those interested in the history of gender and technology, as well as a widely used text for courses in gender studies. Well-written, thought-provoking, and frequently just plain enjoyable, the pieces in this collection will serve valuable scholarly purpose, helping both to establish where research on the relationship between gender and history of technology currently stands and to suggest promising directions for future work. This excellent anthology should become a standard source for those interested in the history of gender and technology, as well as a widely used text for courses in gender studies. Author InformationAuthor Website: http://www.oldenziel.com/index.htmlNina E. Lerman is an associate professor of history at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Ruth Oldenziel is an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam. Arwen P. Mohun is an associate professor of history at the University of Delaware. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.oldenziel.com/index.htmlCountries AvailableAll regions |
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