Feminist cultural studies of science and technology /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Maureen McNeil.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 187 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Transformations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-181) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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I woke up one morning and discovered that I was doing feminist cultural studies of science and technology -- Feminist cultural studies of science and technology : roots and routes -- Making heroes -- Newton as national hero -- Making twentieth-century scientific heroes -- Telling stories -- New reproductive technologies : stories of dreams and broken promises -- Telling tales of reproduction and technoscience -- Witnessing spectacle -- National and international spectacle : Gulf War I -- Techno-tourism in Florida : American dreams, technology and feminism -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Feminist Cultural Studies of Science and Technology challenges the assumption that science is simply what scientists do, say, or write: it shows the multiple and dispersed makings of science and technology in everyday life and popular culture.