Cyberfeminism
Subtitle: connectivity, critique and creativity
By: edited by Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein
Contributors: Hawthorne, Susan, 1951-; Klein, Renate, 1945-
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: North Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: Internet -- Social aspects; Internet -- Political aspects; Feminist theory; Technology -- Social aspects; Technology -- Political aspects; Women in technology; Cyberfeminism
Description: This collection explores what the possibilities are for feminists and for feminism in cyberspace. IT also grapples with pitfalls of the medium, with theorists examining trafficking of women, perceptions of the body, the discourses of the medium and the problems of global and homogenised culture. The book also includes discussions of cyberpoetry and hypertext, devleoping resources for online Women's Studies and libraries, as well as developments in CD-ROM, games and VRML.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index