Technofeminist Storiographies - Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation

This book recovers both historical and contemporary accounts of women's lived experiences of technology, from Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lamarr to women working in the tech industry today, juxtaposing those stories with larger cultural representations of women and technology.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Parallel Lives and the Recovery of Women in the (His)Story of Computing
Chapter 2: Distinguishing Rhetoric from Reality in Early Computing Culture
Chapter 3: Bridging the Technological Gender Gap On and Off the Screen
Chapter 4: Gender Play and the Marketing of Misogyny
Chapter 5: Sustaining a Technofeminist Future for Women and Girls

About the author

Kristine L. Blair is professor of English and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Youngstown State University.

Product details

• Authors: Kristine Blair, Kristine L Blair, Kristine L. Blair
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498593038
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9303-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Communicating Gender; Communicating Gender
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries