- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Indiana University Press (June 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0253212308
- ISBN-13: 978-0253212306
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 826 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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How do cultural notions of gender affect what kinds of technologies are produced and for what purposes? How does technology affect gender roles, either by reinforcing them or destabilizing them? What is the significance of sex and gender in the use of technologies such as cosmetic surgery and reproductive procedures that manipulate the body? Does 'sexual difference' have any implications for the development of technology? What does 'gender' mean in a technologically influenced world? Technology - from personal computers and cyberspace to artificial wombs and sex reassignment surgery - has opened up the possibility that sex roles as well as the gendered notions we have of human identity are subject to radical change.This engaging anthology examines the long-standing stereotypical associations of men with technology and women with nature and assesses the impact of technologies that have necessarily blurred distinctions between the sexes on these traditional views of gender. 'An illuminating and often unsettling picture of the ethical, moral, and legal issues that shape experience, culture, and identity in the late twentieth century emerges from this thought-provoking collection. "Indiana Series" in the "Philosophy of Technology"' - Don Ihde, general editor.
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How do cultural notions of gender affect what kinds of technologies are produced and for what purpose? How does technology affect gender roles, either by reinforcing them or by destabilizing them? What is the significance of sex and gender in the use of technologies such as cosmetic surgery and reproductive procedures that manipulate the body? Does "sexual difference" have any implications for the development of technology? What does "gender" mean in a technologically influenced world?
Technology-from personal computers and cyberspace to artificial wombs and sex reassignment surgery-has opened up the possibility that sex roles as well as the gendered notions we have of human identity are subject to radical change. Leading scholars in science and technology studies, medical ethics, and gender studies, including Donna J. Haraway, Christine Overall, Sherry Turkle, and Autumn Stanley, assess the impact of technologies that have blurred distinctions between the sexes. An illuminating and often unsettling picture of ethical, moral, and legal issues that shape individual experience and culture in the late twentieth century emerges from the interface of gender and technology. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Fascinating and timely--a wonderful find!,
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This review is from: Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology (Paperback)
Hopkins asks some of the most important questions that we, as a culture, are currently facing. The social and ethical issues related to technology and gender need our attention, and this collection is the only book on this topic I have been able to find. I highly recommend it!
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The best single source concerning gender and technology...,
By Robert Hood (rhood@mtsu.edu) Department of Ph... (Tallahassee, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology (Paperback)
Sex/Machine is by far the best single source concerning gender and technology. This book collects the most stimulating and important essays in this area, and unlike many edited volumes, contains an introductory essay which is by itself worth the price of the book because of the insights it brings to these issues. Elegantly crossing multiple academic disciplines--from philosophy of technology, to medical ethics, to womens studies, gender theory and cultural studies, to law (among others), Patrick Hopkins has assembled a collection of the most provocative writing concerning the interactions between technologies and genders. The essays in this edited volume explore the history of technologies and gender, and how technology can shore up traditional and problematic gender roles (e.g., pectoral implants to make men appear more "macho", and technologies that make it possible for parents to know, and potentially select, the sex of their children before they are born). More interesting to me, though, are the selections that explore ways technologies undermine traditional ideas of gender. The sections I found most thought-provoking were the essays in Part IV on the issues (among others) concerning transsexuals and medical technology, in Part V on computers and cyberspace/cybersex, and in Part IV on cyborgs--bodies such as that of the Borg on Star Trek that are such interminglings of so-called "hardware" (machine) and "wetware" (biology) that gender no longer has any meaning. I'm going to use this book in a course in gay and lesbian history and philosophy, but I could see it being used in courses in medical ethics, philosophy of technology, womens studies, and gender and cultural studies. Perhaps the best feature of this book is that it is extremely readable--in addition to classrooms, it will make great reading for a book club, or for anyone interested in sex, gender, and technology.
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The best single source concerning gender and technology...,
By Robert Hood (rhood@mtsu.edu) Department of Ph... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology (Paperback)
Sex/Machine is by far the best single source concerning gender and technology. This book collects the most stimulating and important essays in this area, and unlike many edited volumes, contains an introductory essay which is by itself worth the price of the book because of the insights it brings to these issues. Elegantly crossing multiple academic disciplines--from philosophy of technology, to medical ethics, to womens studies, gender theory and cultural studies, to law (among others), Patrick Hopkins has assembled a collection of the most provocative writing concerning the interactions between technologies and genders. The essays in this edited volume explore the history of technologies and gender, and how technology can shore up traditional and problematic gender roles (e.g., pectoral implants to make men appear more "macho", and technologies that make it possible for parents to know, and potentially select, the sex of their children before they are born). More interesting to me, though, are the selections that explore ways technologies undermine traditional ideas of gender. The sections I found most thought-provoking were the essays in Part IV on the issues (among others) concerning transsexuals and medical technology, in Part V on computers and cyberspace/cybersex, and in Part IV on cyborgs--bodies such as that of the Borg on Star Trek that are such interminglings of so-called "hardware" (machine) and "wetware" (biology) that gender no longer has any meaning. I'm going to use this book in a course in gay and lesbian history and philosophy, but I could see it being used in courses in medical ethics, philosophy of technology, womens studies, and gender and cultural studies. Perhaps the best feature of this book is that it is extremely readable--in addition to classrooms, it will make great reading for a book club, or for anyone interested in sex, gender, and technology.
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Fascinating and timely--a wonderful find!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology (Paperback)
Hopkins asks some of the most important questions that we, as a culture, are currently facing. The social and ethical issues related to technology and gender need our attention, and this collection is the only book on this topic I have been able to find. I highly recommend it!
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