Feminist Technology
Series: Women Gender and Technology; 4;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1st Edition
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Date of Publication 5 May 2010
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9780252077203
- Binding Paperback
- See also 9780252035326
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 229x152x23 mm
- Weight 399 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 20 black & white photographs, 1 chart 0
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Is there such a thing as a ""feminist technology""? If so, what makes a technology feminist? Is it in the design process, in the thing itself, in the way it is marketed, or in the way it is used by women (or by men)?
In this collection, feminist scholars trained in diverse fields consider these questions by examining a range of products, tools, and technologies that were specifically designed for and marketed to women. Evaluating the claims that such products are liberating for women, the contributors focus on case studies of menstrual-suppressing birth control pills, home pregnancy tests, tampons, breast pumps, Norplant, anti-fertility vaccines, and microbicides. In examining these various products, this volume explores ways of actively intervening to develop better tools for designing, promoting, and evaluating feminist technologies. Recognizing the different needs and desires of women and acknowledging the multiplicity of feminist approaches, Feminist Technology offers a sustained debate on existing and emergent technologies that share the goal of improving women's lives.
Contributors are Jennifer Aengst, Maia Boswell-Penc, Kate Boyer, Frances Bronet, Shirley Gorenstein, Anita Hardon, Deborah G. Johnson, Linda L. Layne, Deana McDonagh, and Sharra L. Vostral.