{"product_id":"gender-and-technology-an-introduction-paperback-softback-9781509531455","title":"Gender and Technology; An Introduction (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509531455","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGender and Technology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHolly Kruse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509531455, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This beautifully written history of technology, presented through the lens of gender, offers an exceptional amount of information and insight. It will delight and inspire both experts and those new to the topic.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Baym, Partner Research Manager, \u003ci\u003eMicrosoft Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A masterclass in unpacking the taken-for-granted, this book traces how technologies are gendered - and how gender is technologized - in ways that shape everything from children's toys to our most intimate relationships with domestic space.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice E. Marwick, University of North Carolina\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Critically astute and wide-ranging, this engaging and accessible text reveals the centrality of gender politics within everyday technologies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKylie Jarrett, University College Dublin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology has advanced significantly over the past 200 years, but have ideas about gender and technology also changed over time? Are modern technologies gendered?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive text, Holly Kruse explores how notions of gender and technology have been socially constructed. Organized historically, the book provides a broad overview of global developments in technology and how these technologies have been (ideologically) gendered. Focusing on communication and media technologies and analysing an array of household and workplace devices, the text examines the ways in which they have been considered \"feminine\" or \"masculine\". These associations, as the text reveals, often have little to do with the complexity of the technology. Rich with historical and contemporary examples – from bicycles and washing machines to the telegraph and the computer - \u003ci\u003eGender and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e encourages us to take a closer look at how and why modern technologies are gendered. By understanding the origins of our ideas about gender and technology, we can see how they have and have not changed over time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis text is essential reading for undergraduates taking courses on gender and technology, and will be of interest to general readers who want to learn more about the historical relationship between gender and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Foundational Concepts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Work and Home\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Changing Worlds of Work and Home\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Modern Transportation and Communication Technologies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: In-Home Entertainment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Into the Digital Age\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Networked World\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: The Internet of Things\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474949009688,"sku":"9781509531455","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509531455.jpg?v=1785801692","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gender-and-technology-an-introduction-paperback-softback-9781509531455","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}