This work suggests that the advances in technology in the 20th century have provoked a profound shift in the way women think about their bodies. Genetic engineering, reproductive technology and the advent of virtual reality all fundamentally affect basic categories of "self" and "gender". The author argues that the two traditional responses of technophobia or technomania are simply inadequate for the choices facing women today. She charts the development of these two responses across a wide cultural terrain: from ecofeminism's uncritical celebration of women and nature to foetal imaging, struggles over women and the military, and the advent of cyborg politics.
- ISBN10 0719042755
- ISBN13 9780719042751
- Publish Date 28 July 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 November 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 192
- Language English