Technofeminist Storiographies - Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation (Hardcover)

Technofeminist Storiographies: Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation analyzes both historical and contemporary accounts of women's lived experiences of technology, from Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lamarr to women working across the tech industry today, and juxtaposes them with larger cultural representations of women and technology. The book explores both the relationship between gender and technology and the cultural contexts that enable and constrain that relationship, questions that call for opportunities for women to share their lived experiences and to have such experiences represented across media genres. Despite the rich, complex stories and histories women have with technology-as programmers, inventors, and workers-media throughout history, including film, television, games, toys, children's books, and biographies, often inadequately and inaccurately represent them. Throughout the book, Kristine Blair chronicles the portrayal of the relationship between women and information technology across these media genres. Inevitably, the societal conditions that surround technology use-including portrayal through popular media-impact the extent to which women and girls gain and maintain access within those cultural contexts. This book calls for a more visible history of women's technological achievements in which their stories are heard for generations to come, rather than be forgotten and unknown.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Communicating Gender
Release date:	December 2018
Authors:	Kristine L. Blair
Dimensions:	231 x 159 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-9303-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-4985-9303-8
Barcode:	9781498593038

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