Gender Circuits

Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age

Eve Shapiro (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-99695-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

Dr. Eve Shapiro is assistant professor of sociology at Westfield State College. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and has published in a number of journals including Gender & Society, Sexualities, and the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services. Her current research elaborates the dynamic relationships between identity and community, including how new information and biomedical technologies are changing the gendered lives of cisgender and transgender individuals.

Inhalt

1. A Social History of Technology and Gender 2. Information Technologies and Gendered Identity Work 3. New Biomedical Technologies, New Scripts, New Genders

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.3.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Sociology Re-Wired
• Zusatzinfo: following Cities and Creative Class; 3 Halftones, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 458 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 0-415-99695-3 / 0415996953
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-99695-2 / 9780415996952
• Zustand: Neuware