Feminism in Twentieth-Century Science, Technology, and Medicine

272 pages
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1 halftone, 3 tables, 1 line drawing
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6 x 9
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© 2001
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Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Science
2. Doing Social Science as a Feminist: The Engendering of Archeology
Alison Wylie
3. The Paradox of Feminist Primatology: The Goddess’s Discipline?
Linda Marie Fedigan
4. Revisiting Women, Gender, and Feminism in Developmental Biology
Scott F. Gilbert & Karen A. Rader
5. Developing the Feminist Critique of Science
Evelyn Fox Keller
Technology
6. Feminism and the Rethinking of the History of Technology
Carroll Pursell
7. Man the Maker, Woman the Consumer: The Consumption Junction Revisited
Ruth Oldenziel
8. What Difference Has Feminism Made to Engineering in the Twentieth Century?
Pamela E. Mack
9. Boys’ Toys and Women’s Work: Feminism Engages Software
Michael S. Mahoney
10. Medicine, Technology, and Gender in the History of Prenatal Diagnosis
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Medicine
11. On Bodies, Technologies, and Feminisms
Nelly Oudshoorn
12. Rationality, Feminism, and Mind
Emily Martin
13. Gendering the Epidemic: Feminism and the Epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the United States, 1981-1999
Evelynn M. Hammonds
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Science
2. Doing Social Science as a Feminist: The Engendering of Archeology
Alison Wylie
3. The Paradox of Feminist Primatology: The Goddess’s Discipline?
Linda Marie Fedigan
4. Revisiting Women, Gender, and Feminism in Developmental Biology
Scott F. Gilbert & Karen A. Rader
5. Developing the Feminist Critique of Science
Evelyn Fox Keller
Technology
6. Feminism and the Rethinking of the History of Technology
Carroll Pursell
7. Man the Maker, Woman the Consumer: The Consumption Junction Revisited
Ruth Oldenziel
8. What Difference Has Feminism Made to Engineering in the Twentieth Century?
Pamela E. Mack
9. Boys’ Toys and Women’s Work: Feminism Engages Software
Michael S. Mahoney
10. Medicine, Technology, and Gender in the History of Prenatal Diagnosis
Ruth Schwartz Cowan
Medicine
11. On Bodies, Technologies, and Feminisms
Nelly Oudshoorn
12. Rationality, Feminism, and Mind
Emily Martin
13. Gendering the Epidemic: Feminism and the Epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the United States, 1981-1999
Evelynn M. Hammonds
Contributors
Index
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