Women and Gender in Science and Technology (Critical Concepts in Historical Studies)

Women and Gender in Science and Technology (Critical Concepts in Historical Studies)

by Londa Schiebinger (Editor)

Synopsis

The question of gender in science and technology is pursued by scholars from different disciplines and perspectives: historians study the lives of women scientists within the context of institutions that for centuries held women at arm's length; sociologists uncover women's access to the means of scientific production; biologists scrutinize how science has studied female and male bodies; cultural critics explore normative understandings of femininity and masculinity; philosophers and historians of science analyse how gender has influenced the content and methods of science and technology. Now, this new four-volume collection from Routledge enables users to make sense of the interlocking pieces of the gender, science, and technology puzzle: the history of women's participation in science and engineering; the structure of research institutions; and the gendering of human knowledge. The volumes bring together important representative publications treating these issues from antiquity to the present, and across cultures.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 1726
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08 May 2014

ISBN 10: 0415855608
ISBN 13: 9780415855600