Research Catalog

Title

Nattering on the net : women, power, and cyberspace / Dale Spender.

Author

Spender, Dale.

Publication

North Melbourne, Vic. : Spinifex Press, 1995.

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Details

Description

xxvi, 278 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• Multimedia, the information superhighway and the Internet have changed our world almost beyond recognition. Electronic networks have revolutionized the human relationship to time and space, and have undermined national boundaries. But what of class, race and gender boundaries? Is it true that women use technology but men fall in love with it? Dale Spender promises to change the way we think about computers. She reveals that men are writing the road rules for the information superhighway subjecting women to new forms of sexual harassment and even data rape. Vioelcen on the Internet is an all too common event in virtual reality. These are some of the problems raised by the new technologies, but Dale Spender is also excited about the possibilites of the new media. She asks, will the Net create a virtual sisterhood?"--from back cover.
• Here the author argues that men are writing the rules for the information superhighway and subjecting women to new forms of sexual harassment. She is, however, excited by the possibilities of this new media and asks whether it can be used for good.

Subject

• Internet and women
• Internet > Social aspects
• Women > Computer network resources
• Information society
• Computer networks > Social aspects
• Books and reading
• Sexual harassment of women
• Women in technology
• Société de l'information
• Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Aspect social
• Livres et lecture
• Harcèlement sexuel
• Femmes en technologie
• Internet et femmes
• Internet > Aspect social
• Internet > Social aspects
• Internet and women
• Books and reading
• Computer networks Social aspects
• Information society
• Sexual harassment of women
• Women in technology
• Cyberspace
• Frau
• Internet
• Soziale Situation
• Women Computer network resources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Print. Monks and Manuscripts. Professional, White, Male Standard. Spelling It Out. The Glory of Grammar. He/Man Hoax. Dictionary Distortions -- Ch. 2. The Claims of Literature. Exploding the Canon. Rules of the Game. Downfall and Dirty Tricks -- Ch. 3. Readers. The Professional Reader. The Growth of the Reading Public. Literary Crisis. Books -- Ch. 4. Authors. The Birth of the Author. The Death of the Author -- Ch. 5. Education. From Factory Model to Cyberspace. Schools. Electronic Scholarship. Universities -- Ch. 6. Libraries. Public or Profit? Indexing -- Ch. 7. Women, Power and Cyberspace. Been There, Done That! The Gender Gap. Male Menace on the Superhighway. What's Good for the Goose Doesn't Apply to the Gander. Women's Way.

ISBN

• 1875559094
• 9781875559091

LCCN

95215316

OCLC

• ocm33934707
• 33934707
• SCSB-2136857

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library