The Gender and Science Reader

Author: Muriel Lederman
Secondary Author: Ingrid Bartsch
ISBN: 9780415213585

The Gender and Science Reader brings together key writings by leading scholars to provide a comprehensive feminist analysis of the nature and practice of science. Challenging the self-proclaimed objectivity of scientific practice, the contributors uncover the gender, class and racial prejudices of modern science. The Reader draws from a range of media, including feminist criticism, scientific literature, writings about scientific education, and the popular press. Articles are grouped into six thematic sections which address: -- Women in Science -- women's access to study and employment in science, combining both analytical evidence and personal testimonies-- Creating Androcentric Science -- exploring the gendered origins of science at the time of the Enlightenment-- Analyzing Gendered Science -- feminist methodologies and epistemology for the study of science-- Gendered Praxis -- examples of how gender bias can affect and distort scientific work-- Science and Identity -- how science re

Publisher: Psychology Press
Publish Date: 2001

Subjects: Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Gender Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: STEM)