{"product_id":"technologies-of-the-gendered-body-reading-cyborg-women-paperback","title":"Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Balsamo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes the process of \"reading the body\" into the fields at the forefront of culture-the vast spaces mapped by science and technology-to show that the body in high-tech is as gendered as ever. From female body building to virtual reality, from cosmetic surgery to cyberpunk, from reproductive medicine to public health policies to TV science programs, Anne Balsamo articulates the key issues concerning the status of the body for feminist cultural studies in a postmodern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnologies of the Gendered Body\u003c\/i\u003e combines close readings of popular texts-such as Margaret Atwood's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, the movie \u003ci\u003ePumping Iron II: The Women\u003c\/i\u003e, cyberpunk magazines, and mass media-with analyses of medical literature, public policy documents, and specific technological practices. 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. She presents a view of the conceptual system that structures individuals' access to and participation in these technologies, as well as an overview of individuals' rights and responsibilities in this sometimes baffling area. Examining the ways in which the body is gendered in its interactions with new technologies of corporeality, \u003ci\u003eTechnologies of the Gendered Body\u003c\/i\u003e counters the claim that in our scientific culture the material body has become obsolete. With ample evidence that the techno-body is always gendered and marked by race, this book sets the stage for a renewed feminist engagement with contemporary technological narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnologies of the Gendered Body\" combines a lucid use of theory and an intelligent and entertaining discussion of key cultural practices, it is also a model of generous and engaged feminist theorizing.\"--Elspeth Probyn, University of Montreal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Balsamo is a principle scientist at Xerox PARC and a member of a multidisciplinary research design group RED: Research in Experimental Documents. RED's recent research took form as a museum exhibit titled \"XFR: Experiments in the Future of Reading\" that will tour science\/technology museums in North America through 2004. She is also an affiliate faculty member at the Institute for Globalization and Information Technologies at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.15 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450120552626,"sku":"9780822316985","price":42.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/defdeaf6e9618e0b6a178077bbfd7604.webp?v=1778780846","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/technologies-of-the-gendered-body-reading-cyborg-women-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}