[Commlist] New Book: Gender & Technology: An Introduction

Holly Kruse's book Gender and Technology: An Introduction, is now 
available in the UK. (It will be available everywhere else in February.):

https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=gender-and-technology-an-introduction--9781509531448


Publisher Polity describes the book:

"In 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 - Gender 
and Technology 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.”


Endorsements include:

"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."
Nancy Baym, Partner Research Manager, Microsoft Research

"Critically astute and wide-ranging, this engaging and accessible text 
reveals the centrality of gender politics within everyday technologies."
Kylie Jarrett, University College Dublin



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