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Feminist Cultural Studies of Science and Technology (Transformations: Thinking Throught Feminism)

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Author(s): Maureen McNeil
Edition: 1
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 200

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1 I woke up one morning and discovered that I was doing feminist cultural studies of science and technology......Page 10
2 Feminist cultural studies of science and technology: Roots and routes......Page 20
Part I: Making heroes......Page 34
3 Newton as national hero......Page 36
4 Making twentieth-century scientific heroes......Page 53
Part II: Telling stories......Page 78
5 New reproductive technologies: Stories of dreams and broken promises......Page 80
6 Telling tales of reproduction and technoscience......Page 103
7 National and international spectacle: Gulf War I......Page 122
8 Techno-tourism in Florida: American dreams, technology and feminism......Page 141
9 Conclusion......Page 156
Notes......Page 162
Bibliography......Page 175
Index......Page 191