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Women, gender, and technology edited by Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson and Sue V. Rosser - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2006. - viii, 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Using the lenses of feminist theories to focus on women and technology / Women, men, and engineering / Still a chilly climate for women students in technology: a case study / The feminization of work in the information age / Gender, race/ethnicity, and the digital divide / Genetic technology and women / Some unintended consequences of new reproductive and information technologies on the experience of pregnancy loss / Feminist narratives of science and technology: artificial life and true love in Eve of destruction and Making Mr. Right / High-tech worship: gender, politics and the appropriation of multimedia technology for Christian worship / Postscript: join the conversation / Deborah G. Johnson -- Sue V. Rosser -- Mary Frank Fox -- Mara H. Wasburn and Susan G. Miller -- Judy Wajcman -- Cheryl B. Leggon -- Barbara Katz Rothman -- Linda L. Layne -- Carol Colatrella -- James Fenimore -- Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson, and Sue V. Rosser

ISBN: 9780252073366

LCCN: 2006018048

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA658798 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013504405 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
Computers and women--United States.
Information technology--Social aspects--United States.

LC Class. No.: HQ1178 / .W68 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48 / FOX-W