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The gender and science reader / edited by Muriel Lederman and Ingrid Bartsch

Contributor(s): Bartsch, Ingrid, 1958- | Lederman, Muriel, 1940-.
Publisher: London : Routledge, 2001Description: xiv, 505 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0415213584.Subject(s): Feminism | Women in scienceDDC classification: 500.82
Contents:
20. The biopolitics of a multicultural field / Donna Haraway. 21. Foundations for a "New Biology," proposed in molecular cell biology / Bonnie Spanier. 22. The gendered nature of biodiversity conservation / Helen Zweifel. 23. The inclusion of women in clinical trials. - Section 5. Science and identity. 24. In pursuit of difference : scientific studies of women and men / Lynda Birke. 25. Race and gender fallacies : the paucity of biological determinist explainations of difference / Gisela Kaplan. 26. Gender, race, and nation : the comparative anatomy of "hottentot" women in Europe. 1815-1817 / Anne Fausto-Sterling. 27. From molecules to brains, normal science supports sexist beliefs about differences / Bonnie Spanier. 28. Girls in science education : of rice and fruit trees. - Section 6. Feminist restructuring of science. 29. Toward a feminist natural science : linking theory and practice / E. Anne Kerr. 30. Implications of feminist critiques of science for the teaching of mathematics and science / Bonnie Jean Shulman. 31. The cell in relation : an ecofeminist revision of cell and molecular biology / Lisa Weasel. 32. Structuring feminist science / Mauriel Lederman. 33. Democratizing biology : reinventing biology from a feminist, ecological, and third world perspective / Vandana Shiva. 34. Creating sustainable science / Londa schiebinger. 35. Epilogue : women's work is never done / Hilary Rose. - Afterword. - Bibliography. - Index.
Acknowledgements. - Introduction. - Section 1. Women in science. 1. Women (still) need not apply / Margaret A. Eisenhart. 2. A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science / Suzanne G. Brainard. 3. NSF employment study confirms issues facing women, minorities / Edward R. Silverman. 4. Nepotism and sexism in peer-review / Christine Wenneras. 5. Science and science critism / Ruth Hubbard. 6. How I came to this study / Bonnie Spanier. 7. From working scientist to feminist critic / Evelyn Fox Keller. - Section 2. Creating androcentric science. 8. Dominion over nature / Carolyn Merchant. 9. Selections from the flight to objectivity / Susan Bordo. 10. Secrets of God, nature and life / Evelyn Fox Keller. 11. Methods and values / National Academy of Science. 12. The science wars / Sharon Begley. - Section 3. Analyzing gendered science. 13. Are there feminist methodologies appropriate for the natural sciences and do they make a difference? / Sue V. Rosser. 14. Feminist standpoint epistemology / Sandra Harding. 15. Situated knowledges : the science question in feminism and the privilege of partial pespective / Donna Haraway. 16. Is science multicultural? challenges, resources, opportunities, uncertainties / Sandra Harding. 17. subjects, power, and knowledge : description and prescription in feminist philosophies of science / Helen E. Longino. 18. Heisenberg's recognitions : the end of the scientific world view / John Lukacs. - Section 4. Gendered practice. 19. Life in the xy corral / Anne Fausto-Sterling.
Summary: This book brings together key writing 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. - Back cover
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20. The biopolitics of a multicultural field / Donna Haraway. 21. Foundations for a "New Biology," proposed in molecular cell biology / Bonnie Spanier. 22. The gendered nature of biodiversity conservation / Helen Zweifel. 23. The inclusion of women in clinical trials. - Section 5. Science and identity. 24. In pursuit of difference : scientific studies of women and men / Lynda Birke. 25. Race and gender fallacies : the paucity of biological determinist explainations of difference / Gisela Kaplan. 26. Gender, race, and nation : the comparative anatomy of "hottentot" women in Europe. 1815-1817 / Anne Fausto-Sterling. 27. From molecules to brains, normal science supports sexist beliefs about differences / Bonnie Spanier. 28. Girls in science education : of rice and fruit trees. - Section 6. Feminist restructuring of science. 29. Toward a feminist natural science : linking theory and practice / E. Anne Kerr. 30. Implications of feminist critiques of science for the teaching of mathematics and science / Bonnie Jean Shulman. 31. The cell in relation : an ecofeminist revision of cell and molecular biology / Lisa Weasel. 32. Structuring feminist science / Mauriel Lederman. 33. Democratizing biology : reinventing biology from a feminist, ecological, and third world perspective / Vandana Shiva. 34. Creating sustainable science / Londa schiebinger. 35. Epilogue : women's work is never done / Hilary Rose. - Afterword. - Bibliography. - Index.

Acknowledgements. - Introduction. - Section 1. Women in science. 1. Women (still) need not apply / Margaret A. Eisenhart. 2. A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science / Suzanne G. Brainard. 3. NSF employment study confirms issues facing women, minorities / Edward R. Silverman. 4. Nepotism and sexism in peer-review / Christine Wenneras. 5. Science and science critism / Ruth Hubbard. 6. How I came to this study / Bonnie Spanier. 7. From working scientist to feminist critic / Evelyn Fox Keller. - Section 2. Creating androcentric science. 8. Dominion over nature / Carolyn Merchant. 9. Selections from the flight to objectivity / Susan Bordo. 10. Secrets of God, nature and life / Evelyn Fox Keller. 11. Methods and values / National Academy of Science. 12. The science wars / Sharon Begley. - Section 3. Analyzing gendered science. 13. Are there feminist methodologies appropriate for the natural sciences and do they make a difference? / Sue V. Rosser. 14. Feminist standpoint epistemology / Sandra Harding. 15. Situated knowledges : the science question in feminism and the privilege of partial pespective / Donna Haraway. 16. Is science multicultural? challenges, resources, opportunities, uncertainties / Sandra Harding. 17. subjects, power, and knowledge : description and prescription in feminist philosophies of science / Helen E. Longino. 18. Heisenberg's recognitions : the end of the scientific world view / John Lukacs. - Section 4. Gendered practice. 19. Life in the xy corral / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

This book brings together key writing 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. - Back cover