Feminism Confronts Technology

Author: Judy Wajcman
Edition: Soft Cover; margin Notes
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0271008024

Feminism Confronts Technology

In the first major study of its kind, Judy Wajcman challenges the common assumption that technology is gender neutral and analyzes its influence on the lives of women. Get Feminism Confronts Technology computer books for free.
oes technology liberate women and encourage equality, or are the new technologies reinforcing sexual divisions in society? Does the problem lie in men's monopoly of technology, or is technology itself in some sense inherently patriarchal? To answer these questions, Judy Wajcman explores what the impact of technology is on the lives of women today.Popular stereotypes depict women as technologically incompetent or invisible in technical spheres. Wajcman argues that the identification between men and machines is not immutable but is the result of ideological and cultural processes. Check Feminism Confronts Technology our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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