Gender Circuits Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age
By Eve Shapiro
The new edition of Gender Circuits explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals through substantive sociological analysis and in-depth case studies. Examining the complex intersections between gender ideologies, social scripts, information, and biomedical technologies, and embodied identities, this book explores whether and how new technologies are reshaping what it means to be a gendered person in contemporary society.
- Author
- Eve Shapiro
- Language
- English
- Size
- 2.82 MB
- Pages
- 299
- Format
- Year
- 2015
- Edition
- 2
About This Book
The new edition of Gender Circuits explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals through substantive sociological analysis and in-depth case studies. Examining the complex intersections between gender ideologies, social scripts, information, and biomedical technologies, and embodied identities, this book explores whether and how new technologies are reshaping what it means to be a gendered person in contemporary society.
Contents
- Chapter 1: A Social History of Technology and Gender
- Chapter 2: Information Technologies and Gendered Identity Work
- Chapter 3: New Biomedical Technologies, New Scripts, New Genders