Gender, Technology and the New Woman

ISBN-13: 9781474441308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Lena Wanggren

Opis

This book examines late nineteenth-century feminism in relation to technologies of the time, marking the crucial role of technology in social and literary struggles for equality.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The New Woman in Technological Modernity; 2. Typewriters and Typists: Secretarial Agency at the Fin de Siècle; 3. The ‘Freedom Machine’: The New Woman and the Bicycle; 4. Medical New Women I: Nurses; 5. Medical New Women II: Doctors; 6. Technologies of Detection; Conclusion.