Technofeminist Storiographies

Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation

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Technofeminist Storiographies

Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation

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Technofeminist Storiographies: Women, Information Technology, and Cultural Representation analyzes both historical and contemporary accounts of women’s lived experiences of technology, from Ada Lovelace and Hedy Lamarr to women working across the tech industry today, and juxtaposes them with larger cultural representations of women and technology. The book explores both the relationship between gender and technology and the cultural contexts that enable and constrain that relationship, questions that call for opportunities for women to share their lived experiences and to have such experiences represented across media genres. Despite the rich, complex stories and histories women have with technology—as programmers, inventors, and workers—media throughout history, including film, television, games, toys, children’s books, and biographies, often inadequately and inaccurately represent them. Throughout the book, Kristine Blair chronicles the portrayal of the relationship between women and information technology across these media genres. Inevitably, the societal conditions that surround technology use—including portrayal through popular media—impact the extent to which women and girls gain and maintain access within those cultural contexts. This book calls for a more visible history of women’s technological achievements in which their stories are heard for generations to come, rather than be forgotten and unknown.

Table 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

Product details

Published 09 Nov 2020
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9781498593052
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 3 b/w illustrations;
Dimensions 220 x 154 mm
Series Communicating Gender
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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