Title: Discursive skin
Description: Explores the relationship between gender, discourse and technology, and the resulting construction of bodily norms, in a contemporary environment dominated by info- and bio-technologies. The study is based on close readings of material from three case studies: cyberpunk fiction, (in)fertility weblogs and the World Health Organisation guidelines on naming of biotechnologies.
Subjects: Feminism and science, Cyberfeminism, Information technology, Social aspects, Gender identity