Bits of life : feminism at the intersections of media, bioscience, and technology / edited by Anneke Smelik and Nina Lykke.

Other author Smelik, Anneke.
Other author Lykke, Nina.
Format Book
Publication InfoSeattle : University of Washington Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Feminist theory.
Human reproductive technology.
Information technology.

SeriesIn vivo
In vivo (Seattle, Wash.) ^A765867
Contents Bits of life : an introduction / Anneke Smelik and Nina Lykke -- Feminist cultural studies of technoscience : portrait of an implosion / Nina Lykke -- Roots and routes : the making of feminist cultural studies of technoscience / Maureen McNeil -- "There are always more things going on than you thought!" methodologies as thinking technologies : interview with Donna Haraway / Nina Lykke, Randi Markussen, and Finn Olesen -- Fluid ecologies : changing hormonal systems of embodied difference / Celia Roberts -- Parenthood and kinship in IVF for humans and animals : on traveling bits of life in the age of genetics / Amade M'charek and Grietje Keller -- From Rambo sperm to egg queens : two versions of Lennart Nilsson's film on human reproduction / Mette Bryld and Nina Lykke -- Screening the gene : Hollywood cinema and the new genetic imaginary / Jackie Stacey -- Mylifebits : the computer as memory machine / José van Dijck -- Tunnel vision : inner, outer, and virtual space in science fiction films and medical documentaries / Anneke Smelik -- What if Frankenstein('s monster) was a girl? reproduction and subjectivity in the digital age / Jenny Sundén -- Living in a posthumanist material world : lessons from Schrödinger's cat / Karen Barad -- The politics of life as bios/zoe / Rosi Braidotti.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index.
LCCN 2007048825
ISBN9780295988092 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0295988096 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ 1190 .B573 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold