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Cyberfeminism
Hawthorne Susan
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Description for Cyberfeminism
Paperback. Editor(s): Hawthorne, Susan; Klein, Renate D. Num Pages: 434 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFFK; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
An international anthology of writings on cyberculture and feminist interventions. A diverse and at times fractious discussion of issues raised by these new forms of cultural expression. The contributors engage with a range of questions including: What is cyberfeminism? How does feminism influence multimedia production? What are the possibilities for feminist activism and research on the internet? How are colonisation, cybersex and virtuality to be theorised? How do these technologies affect our theories about bodies and minds? And what are the implications for creative artists?
An international anthology of writings on cyberculture and feminist interventions. A diverse and at times fractious discussion of issues raised by these new forms of cultural expression. The contributors engage with a range of questions including: What is cyberfeminism? How does feminism influence multimedia production? What are the possibilities for feminist activism and research on the internet? How are colonisation, cybersex and virtuality to be theorised? How do these technologies affect our theories about bodies and minds? And what are the implications for creative artists?
Product Details
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
434
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
413 g
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781875559688
SKU
V9781875559688
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99-2
About Hawthorne Susan
Susan Hawthorne is the author of six collections of poetry including Bird, The Butterfly Effect, Unsettling the Land, Earth’s Breath and Cow. She has worked in the publishing industry for twenty-five years and is also known as an aerialist. Two books, Bird and Earth’s Breath have been broadcast on the radio program, Poetica. In 2009 she was an Asialink Literature Resident at the University of Madras, India and she is Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University, Townsville. Her poetry has been published in Best Australian Poems anthologies on several occasions and Earth’s Breath was shortlisted for the 2010 Judith Wright Poetry Award. Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein have both taught postgraduate seminars on CyberFeminism at George Washington University. Renate Klein is Associate Professor of Women?s Studies at Deakin University. She was born in Zurich, Switzerland and has degrees from universities of Z?rich, London and the University of California (Berkeley). She is known internationally for her work on reproductive technologies and information technologies. She has spoken to parliamentary committees and on TV, radio and print media about ethical issues in reproductive medicines. Her books include the international bestseller Test Tube Women (1984, co-editor; translated in German and Japanese). Her other books include: Theories of Women's Studies (1983, co-editor with Gloria Bowles), Man Made Women (1986, co-author), The Exploitation of a Desire (1989, Deakin University Press, author), Infertility (1989, author, translated into German), Radical Voices (1990, co-editor with Debbie Steinberg), Angels of Power (1991) RU 486: Misconceptions, Myth and Morals (1991, co-author); 1994 Australia for Women: Travel and Culture/ Australien der Frauen: Reise und Kultur (co-editor with Susan Hawthorne, translated into German). She is co-editor with Diane Bell of, Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed (1996), With Jan Fook , she co-edited A Girl?s Best Friend: The Meaning of Dogs in Women?s Lives (2002) and with Jan Fook and Susan Hawthorne of Cat Tales: The Meaning of Cats in Women?s Lives (2003).
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