Gender circuits : bodies and identities in a technological age /
Eve Shapiro.
- 2a ed.
- xvi, 280 páginas
- Contemporary sociological perspectives .
Incluye bibliografía.
Preview: gendered bodies and identities in a technologigal age -- A social history of technology and gender -- Information technologies and gendered identity work -- New biomedical technologies, new scripts, new genders -- Review: sociological analyses of gender and technology..
´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.´--BOOK JACKET.