Subjective Intersections in the Face of the Machine

Abstract: This article is a call to feminist science and technology studies (STS) to engage with debates about the intersectionality of gender with race and class in analyses of women’s relationships with their computers - these debates are well established in the broader field of gender studies, but comparatively absent from studies of gender and technology. Furthermore, in order to understand women’s many and varied technological relationships, it is necessary to explore the diverse ways in which individual women experience their gender, race and class in their relationships with their PCs. The article draws on the stories told by 14 working-class women from ethnic minority communities about the introduction of networked computers in their homes, to argue that we need to account for women’s subjective experiences of the identity intersections that take place in the face of the machine

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Journal of Women's Studies ; 12 (2005) 4 ; 471-487

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2005
Creator
Kennedy, Helen

DOI
10.1177/1350506805057102
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-224946
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Kennedy, Helen

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  • 2005

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