A feminist 1heory of gender, in other words, points to a conception of the subject as multiple. Critically evaluate the understanding of gender as discourse changxue xue college of foreign languages, yanshan university qinhuangdao 066004, china tel. For social progress, a critical difference among the technologies turns on the respect for sovereignty and local discretion given to states and nonstate actors within a state. The work of the technological imagination duke up, 2011 will be provided in pdf format. Duke university press technologies of the gendered body. My mother was a computer, underlining the fact that before computer became a term for a machine, it was the term used for the people mainly women who kept the machines running and, in some cases, wrote programs for them.
Gendered technology societies around the world all claim in some manner or another that there are differences between the female and male sex. The main focus of my gendered analysis is on the visual image and more specifically as it manifests in cinema. In so doing, gendered innovations enhance creativity, innovation, and gender equality. Through these common readings and viewings and individual research, students will examine how science and technology both produce gender and are themselves gendered and sexualized. My mother was a computer, underlining the fact that before computer became a term for a machine, it was the term used for the people mainly women who kept the machines running and, in. This book takes the process of reading the body into the fields at the. This paper reports on the interdisciplinary, international collaboration that produced. The theoretical basis of this course is the notion that the human body is conceptualized and articulated within specific cultural discourses such as religious, medical, legal, economic, popular culture, and political discourses. Gendered sexed bodies n othing is as intimately linked to ones sex gender identity as how one feels and acts in ones body. A simple example of this would be the technology of makeup and cosmetics, which genders its users as feminine for the most part. Pdf the contemporary interaction of the body with information, computing, and communication technologies in western societies has. Balsamo describes the ways in which certain biotechnologies are ideologically shaped by gender considerations and other beliefs about race, physical abilities, and economic and legal status. In this medical science is exemplary in that it constitutes the individual in terms of a series of norms, while at the same time inviting the subject to produce truths about herself.
Disciplining gendered bodies is the practice of conforming ones body to societys standards and expectations there are various visible ways in which people and cultures consciously and unconsciously maintain binary heteronormative norms, which involve choices of female or male gender actions and performances. This book takes the process of reading the body into the fields at the forefront of culturethe vast spaces mapped by science and technologyto show that the body in hightech is as gendered as ever. Through an examination of technologies aimed at the reproductive and sexual body birth control, condoms, vibrators, egg freezing, ivf. Martin university of michigan many feminist scholars argue that the seeming naturalness of gender differences, particularly bodily difference, underlies gender inequality. Alison kidd, the prospectory january 2002 within the hightech industry, it is often assumed that men are more interested in technology than women are and they are therefore the natural early adopters of novel technical artefacts. There are no set standards, we should continue to go against the grains and support our disabled sisters. One of her books, technologies of the gendered body, notoriously begins with the sentence. Scholarship in fashion studies speaks to this question, as it investigates the interplay between bodies, gender, and clothing technologies that serve to produce the gendered body both within. In this way, this gives all societies a varied degree of gendered inequality. The body thus became one of the constitutive foundations of human society. Judy wajcman, technofeminism polity press, 2004 available at new school bookstore 2. Balsamo anne technologies of the gendered body reading.
The present chapter explores the scope and deonition of these organizations and technologies, and then 0. Gendered bodies and new technologies xiii technotranscendence. Texts for the class are drawn from feminist theory, queer theory, science and technology studies, and studies of popular culture. Fall 20 lcst 3705 crn 7523 dialogues on feminism and. I explore the issue of embodiment from a gendered perspective, seeing that the female body is the embodiment most likely to be discarded, not only in metaphysical systems, but also in developments within new technologies. Direct physical contact and intimacy of the dress with the body, makes it highly visible. Gendered bodies and new technologies has one founding premise, namely that embodiment constitutes a nonnegotiable prerequisite for human life. Gender, body and everyday life introduction this paper sets out to examine the interface between gender, subject and everyday life in contemporary urban india. Technologies of the gendered body duke university press. Anne balsamo is a principle scientist at xerox parc and a member of a multidisciplinary research design group red. Gendered body institute of historical sciences of the. The four body types differ in the way in which gendered embodiment is negotiated in its interaction with new technologies and these are highlighted and discussed in the four chapters dealing with these four body types. Examining the ways in which the body is gendered in its interactions with new technologies of corporeality, technologies of the gendered body counters the claim that in our scientific culture the material body has become obsolete.
An introduction to the special issue on gendered body image, part i rachel m. The gender of globalization has been obscured by neutral analytical lenses that overlook the powerful incongruity between womens key roles in the global labor force and their social and economic marginalization, as well as their persistent efforts to navigate the processes that produce this incongruity. In fact, it is more accurate to argue that western philosophy is interspersed with trends, thought structures. One of these cultural cliches is especially prominent within society. As the slight variance between its title and the volumes title is intended to. It was not a hairwashing day, so after a quick rub with the soap it was time to get. In this course we will explore the relationship between gendered bodies and technology. This is perhaps why many assume that nonverbal communication is more biologically determined than verbal communication. This introduction begins that task by defining key terms, then looking briefly at the history of gender within sociology. In a sense, to be a body is to be given over to others even as a body is, emphatically, ones own, that over which we must claim rights of autonomy. Feminist theory and sts ivan allen college of liberal arts. One of the most fruitful bodies of work is the analysis of gender and. It is not simply that the female body became a medical object par.
Gendered innovations integrate sex and gender analysis into all phases of basic and applied research to stimulate new knowledge and technologies. Thanks to more detailed anatomical knowledge to pass since the enlightenment has become body be a ground and base element for developing gender stereotypes and shows basal essential physical differences between male and female. The work of the technological imagination duke up, 2011 will be provided in pdf. Because the study of the body and of bodies has changed dramatically in the last decade, we propose to gather a group of diverse scholars to talk across traditional disciplines, and to take stock of where these studies are and where they are heading. Studies that develop this agenda, again, typically draw on social constructivist technology studies in the broader sense. Body, and international regulatory bodies such as the international.
Eng 6814 gender, texts and technology fall 2015, weds 68. The women, cyberpunk magazines, and mass mediawith analyses of medical literature, public policy documents, and specific technological practices. Wenda bauchspies, carol colatrella, narin hassan, anne pollock, robert rosenberger, lisa yaszek introduction this course is an advanced science, technology and society sts seminar in feminist theory. Critically evaluate the understanding of gender as discourse. Haraways germinal cyborg manifesto sparked my interest in the ways in which technology can be experienced as gendered.
Apr 04, 2017 wiki for collaborative studies of arts, media and humanities. With ample evidence that the technobody is always gendered and marked by race, this book sets the stage for a. No bodies please antagonism towards the physical and bodily stratum is not a new trend within western thought systems. Technologies of the gendered body combines close readings of popular textssuch as margaret atwoods novel the handmaids tale, the movie pumping iron ii. Gender and nationalism jemima repo university of helsinki autumn 2007 14 sept 30 nov 2007 fri 10. Chapter 11 international organisations and the technologies. Drawing on foucault 1988, this article introduces the concept of technologies of embodiment, which refers to the process through which women produce, transform, or manipulate their bodies through particular kinds body work that signify divergent.
Gendered technology gender and technology spring 2009. In this chapter, we do not focus on answering the question, do women and men. Gendered technologies and cyborg writing, gender, work and organization, 22. On the flip side, technologies of beauty are traditionally gendered by society as feminine. Forthcoming in gender and society 2014 6 bodies that are worked on become valued as a means of production in competitive consumer contexts. Anne balsamo author of technologies of the gendered body. Explorations of constructive tensions in fts lohan 2000 aim to develop innovative analyses of the material worlds we are creating through technology, and. These technologies are tools existing outside of the users body that allow her to manipulate her body or alter her embodied performance of femininity as she interacts with the world around her. The first theme investigates the nature of the growing body of literature on womens. Technology can gender us, but we can also be gendered by technology. The role of dressing people, sometimes interact with objects, in this case garments, as if they are humans, sometimes because they want show to others what they believe they represent adelman, 2008. Wome32fafao gender, bodies and technology department of. Balsamo anne technologies of the gendered body reading cyborg women 1995.
This chapter privileges textual analyses of media that explicate power relationships and the construction of meaning about gender and. No body is perfect, even if they do fit the standard these woman might feel a sense of entitlement. Wiki for collaborative studies of arts, media and humanities. Gendered body czech the relationship between gender identity and the human body became in the nineties of 20th century one of the key research topics, as in gender studies, and in gender history itself. The broken body control, but call forth new desires and institute new normativities. Technologies of the gendered body combines close readings of popular textssuch as margaret atwood s novel the handmaid s tale, the movie pumping iron ii. Reading cyborg women duke up, 1996 will be provided in pdf format 3. Disciplining gendered bodies is the practice of conforming ones body to societys standards and expectations. About purportedly gendered body parts i have been thinking about how much i would like it if people, especially health practitioners, exercise instructors and others who talk about bodies a lot, would adjust their language about body parts heavily associated with gender norms.
Unless they are intentionally challenging gender sex expectations, people tend. Although this may seem like an obvious statement, it is a statement that needs to be affirmed in the virtual age wherein we live. To confront the severed head and fragmented body of a janitor in a museum space is a dis. Papers considering studies of the body or bodies are sought for a conference to be held. Gendered body the relationship between gender identity and the human body became in the nineties of 20th century one of the key research topics, as in gender studies, and in gender history itself. Leaving pyjamas on the floor and turning on the shower, chris stepped into the water. Anne balsamo, gendering the technological imagination, in designing culture.
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