The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot

by Jenny Kennedy and Yolande Strengers

Book Overview

The life and times of the Smart Wife--feminized digital assistants who are friendly and sometimes flirty, occasionally glitchy but perpetually available.

Meet the Smart Wife--at your service, an eclectic collection of feminized AI, robotic, and smart devices. This digital assistant is friendly and sometimes flirty, docile and efficient, occasionally glitchy but perpetually available. She might go by Siri, or Alexa, or inhabit Google Home...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262044374
• ISBN13: 9780262044370
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"