Between monsters, goddesses, and cyborgs : feminist confrontations with science, medicine, and cyberspace

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Lykke, Nina.

ISBN:

9781856493826

9781856493819

Publication Information:

London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA : Zed Books, 1996.

Physical Description:

260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Introduction / Nina Lykke -- 1. Between Monsters, Goddesses and Cyborgs: Feminist Confrontations with Science / Nina Lykke -- 2. From Hestia to Home Page: Feminism and the Concept of Home in Cyberspace / Susan Leigh Star -- 3. Dialogues with Dolphins and Other Extraterrestrials: Displacements in Gendered Space / Mette Bryld -- 4. The Tale of the Universe for Others / Renee Heller -- 5. Objectivity in the Description of Nature: Between Social Construction and Essentialism / Kirsten Gram-Hanssen -- 6. On Healing Self/Nature / Julia Martin -- 7. Does Woman Speaks for Nature? Towards a Genealogy of Ecological Feminisms / Sylvia Bowerbank -- 8. Signs of Wonder and Traces of Doubt: On Teratology and Embodied Differences / Rosi Braidotti -- 9. The Decline of the One-Size-Fits-All Paradigm, or, How Reproductive Scientists Try to Cope with Postmodernity / Nelly Oudshoorn -- 10. Medicalization of Menopause: From 'Feminine Forever' to 'Healthy Forever' / Bettina Leysen.

11. Postmodern Vision of the Postmenopausal Body: The Apparatus of Bodily Production and the Case of Brittle Bones / Ineke Van Wingerden -- 12. The Salutary Tale of the Pre-Embryo / Pat Spallone -- 13. Gynogenesis: A Lesbian Appropriation of Reproductive Technologies / Elirabeth Sourbut -- Postface / Nina Lykke and Rosi Braidotti.

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What is a specifically feminist perspective on science and technology? Focusing in particular on the socio-cultural implications of the latest scientific and technological developments, this book proposes a site of resistance to hegemonic discourses and practices of science and technology.Four sections cover science as a whole, the new technologies of the postmodern era, bio-medical discourses and nature. A distinguished cast of contributors explore the central feminist concerns in each arena, through the metaphors of monster, mother goddess and cyborg. They argue that feminists cannot ignore the emancipatory as well as the oppressive potentials of technology. Bringing together 'natural' and 'social' scientists, the book paves the way for a specifically feminist strategy for science, technology and health care.