Feminist technology / edited by Linda L. Layne, Sharra L. Vostral, and Kate Boyer.

Other author Layne, Linda L.
Other author Vostral, Sharra Louise, 1968-
Other author Boyer, Kate.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesWomen, gender, and technology
Women, gender, and technology. ^A700582
Contents Sorting out the question of feminist technology / Deborah G. Johnson -- The need to bleed? A feminist technology assessment of menstrual-suppressing birth control pills / Jennifer Aengst, Linda L. Layne -- Why the home pregnancy test isn't the feminist technology it's cracked up to be and how to make it better / Linda L. Layne -- Breast pumps: a feminist technology, or (yet) "more work for mother"? / Kate Boyer, Maia Boswell-Penc -- Tampons: re-scripting technologies as feminist / Sharra L. Vostral -- From subaltern alignment to constructive mediation: modes of feminist engagement in the design of reproductive technologies / Anita Hardon -- Teaching feminist technology design / Frances Bronnet, Linda L. Layne -- Feminist inventor's studio / Sharra L. Vostral, Deana McDonagh -- What we know about feminist technologies / Shirley Gorenstein.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009045141
ISBN9780252035326 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252035321 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780252077203 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0252077202 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1190 .F4613 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold