Feminism Confronts Technology

by Judy Wajcman

Book Overview

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.

Does 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271008024
• ISBN13: 9780271008028
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"