Ungendering Technology

Ungendering Technology
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 259
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781000022360
ISBN-13 : 1000022366
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ungendering Technology by : Carol J. Haddad

Download or read book Ungendering Technology written by Carol J. Haddad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers fresh insight into women’s mastery of technologies commonly associated with men, with important implications for institutional efforts to identify and support technical proficiency among girls and women. The work is structured across five original case studies featuring: breast cancer survivors in Newfoundland who constructed a wooden dragon boat using hand and power tools; Egyptian women who used information and communication technologies for political action during the Revolution of 2011; pioneer female audio engineers in the United States working in live concert and studio venues; U.S. female commercial airline pilots who mastered the complexity of flying large aircraft; and a university-educated woman working in sewer maintenance and repair for the City of Detroit in the 1970s. The case studies capture women’s own voices and present a range of historical and geographic locations. A major contribution of this volume is the multidisciplinary analytical framework used to explain women’s motivation to engage with non-traditional technologies, the role of peer and political support in encouraging persistence, and informal as well as formal knowledge and skill acquisition. Above all, it is a story of women's empowerment - individually and collectively. This is a unique book suitable for undergraduates and graduates in the fields of Women's and Gender Studies; Science, Technology and Society (STS) Studies; Engineering Education; and Adult Education.


Ungendering Technology Related Books

Ungendering Technology
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Carol J. Haddad
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-10 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book offers fresh insight into women’s mastery of technologies commonly associated with men, with important implications for institutional efforts to ide
Drag, Interperformance, and the Trouble with Queerness
Language: en
Pages: 150
Authors: Katie Horowitz
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-08 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This story of drag kings and queens at Cleveland, Ohio’s most popular gay bar reveals that these genres have little in common and introduces interperformance,
Sexual Violence and Humiliation
Language: en
Pages: 145
Authors: Dianna Taylor
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-10 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book presents humiliation as a key harm of sexual violence against women, showing that humiliation manifests within the relation of self to itself, and tha
Re-writing Women as Victims
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: María José Gámez Fuentes
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-17 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume critically analyses political strategies, civil society initiatives and modes of representation that challenge the conventional narratives of women
Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Abigail Gardner
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-11 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ageing and Contemporary Female Musicians focuses on ageing within contemporary popular music. It argues that context, genres, memoirs, racial politics and place