Bibliography of Gender & Technology

 

Reading

Lupton, Ellen. Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office. NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1993

Coates, Jennifer, ed. Language and Gender: A Reader. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998

Cook, Scott. Technological Revolutions and the Gutenberg Myth. (Article)

Spender, Dale. Nattering on the Net. North Melbourne; Spinifex, 1995

Pearce, Celia. The Interactive Book. Indianapolis, IN : Macmillan, 1997

Dibbell. Julian. "Rape in cyberspace: a tale of crime and pubishment
on-line". Village Voice (December 21, 1993):36.

Frissen, Valerie. "Trapped in electronic cages?: gender and new
information technologies in the public and private domain: an overview of
research". Media, Culture and Society v. 14 (1992):31-49.

Shade, Leslie Regan; Gladys We. "The Gender of Cyberspace". Internet
Business Journal, v.1, n.2 (Summer 1993):

Laurel, Brenda. Computers as Theatre. Addison-Wesley, 1991.

Huff, Charles and Cooper, Joel. 1987. Sex bias in educational software:
The effect of designers' stereotypes on the software they design. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology 17 (6); 519-532.

Huff, Charles W., Fleming, John H.; and Cooper Joel. 1992. Gender
differences in human-computer interaction. In Search of Gender Free
Paradigms for Computer Science Education, edited by C. Dianne Martin and
Eric Murchie-Beyma. Eugene OR: International Society for Technology in
Education.

The course packet will also include contemporary excerpts from : CNN Online, Blue Jean Magazine, gaming magazines, educational journals, and other news sources for discussion of up-to-date issues.

 

 Viewing

And Still I Rise by Ngozi Onwurah (1993)

I, Doll by Tula Asselanis (1996)

A Word in Edgewise (by Heather McLeod (1986)

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980)
A Woman's Place (1986)

TV Commercials (1960)

TV Commercials (1998)

Semiotics in the Kitchen by Martha Rossler After the Montreal Massacre by Gerry Rogers (1990)

The F-Word: A Video about Feminism by Marcia Jarmel and Erin Gallagher
Born in Flames by Lizzie Borden (1984)

Women's Voices: The Gender Gap Movie (1985)

CDROMS

Let's talk about me (1997)

Let's talk about me some More (1998)

Rockett's First Day at School (1997)

Zero Zero (1997)

Secret Paths through the Forest (1997)

Barbie Series (fashion designer et al)

…and websites!

…and recently released material TBA

…and tapes of current kids shows directed at girls.

 

updated June 7 1998