TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Science and the construction of women
A2  - Maynard, Mary
A2  - Rose, Hilary
A2  - Lane, Nancy J.
A2  - Swarbrick, Ailsa
A2  - Barr, Jean
A2  - Birke, Lynda
A2  - Ng Choon Sim, Cecilia
A2  - Hensman, Rohini
A2  - Scott, Anne
A2  - Spallone, Pat
A2  - Elizabeth Sourbut
A2  - Wolmark, Jenny
LA  - eng
PP  - London
PB  - UCL Press
YR  - 1997
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/vaari.2450453
AB  - Science and the Construction of Women is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the major questions currently challenging feminist scholars of science. The authors ask key questions: What constitutes science? How have feminists investigated it? How does science 'construct' women? How can we create a feminist discourse of science? Are the current developments to women's advantage or disadvantage? Their answers draw on material from a wide range of natural scientific, humanities and social science sources, critically examining theoretical approaches from the postmodern to the materialist to the cyborgian. A key argument of the book is that there are strong intellectual and pragmatic reasons - the rapid development of information technology, advances in fertility treatment and genetic engineering, feminist concern for environmental issues - why feminism must rigorously engage with issues of a scientific and technological nature. Science and the Construction of Women provides an important contribution to the opening-up and broadening of debate in the field. This book will be an important text for students of gender and women's studies, and science studies. It is also designed to be read by feminists both inside and outside the academy and to appeal to all those with interests in the sociology of knowledge and the history of ideas.
SN  - 1-85728-786-X sidottu
SN  - 1-85728-787-8 nidottu
KW  - naiset
KW  - tiede
KW  - feminismi
KW  - naisen asema
KW  - kvinnor
KW  - vetenskap
KW  - feminism
KW  - kvinnans ställning
ER  -