Feminism in Twentieth-Century Science, Technology, and Medicine (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

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

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	November 2001
Editors:	Angela N.H. Creager • Elizabeth Lunbeck • Londa Schiebinger
Dimensions:	235 x 161 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-12023-2
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General Books > Professional & Technical > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-226-12023-6
Barcode:	9780226120232

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