Gender and science : studies across cultures / edited by Neelam Kumar.

Contributor(s):

Neelam Kumar

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Culture and environment of South AsiaPublication details: Delhi : Foundation Books, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 323 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789382264965
9382264965

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender and science.DDC classification:

500.82 23

LOC classification:

Q130 .G46 2012eb

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Contents:

Section 1. Approaches and perspectives. Getting more women into science : knowledge issues / Londa Schiebinger -- Gender imbalance in science : cultural similarities and differences / Neelam Kumar -- Gender and technology / Francesca Bray -- Gender, science, and the psychology of science / Gregory J. Feist -- Women and minorities in science : discrimination and the solution / Henry Etzkowitz -- section 2. Illustrative examples. Women and science in the Netherlands : a Dutch case / Mineke Bosch -- Japanese women scientists : trends and strategies / Mariko Ogawa -- Saudi women : their role in science and education / Samira I. Islam -- Changing the facts : gener dimensions of the South African public science system / Luci Abrahams -- Demographic inertia and the glass ceiling in American science (1979-2000) / J. Scott Long -- Women in science in France / Claudine Hermann [and others] -- Women and science : issues and perspectives in the Indian context / Arpita Subhash -- Conclusion : The persistent patterns!

Summary: Science has been gender biased for centuries across cultural contexts. Different ideological constructions of gender through different eras have restricted women's access to science. The twentieth century, especially its second half, witnessed certain important changes in terms of women's status in society. This book includes essays by leading academics and researchers from different parts of the world, who discuss gender and science in their society and explore the relevance of gender theories. The book is divided into two broad sections. The first section provides conceptual reflections on gendered science and the second section examines the gender-science relationship using examples from various cultural contexts. The book tries to strike a balance between analyses of the gender dimension of science itself and the role of the wider social, economic and cultural factors. This interdisciplinary volume will be an important resource for graduate students and research scholars of gender studies, social history, psychology and sociology. Those interested in gender and science as well as cross-cultural issues will also find this book useful. Publisher.

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Imprint on title page verso : New Delhi : Cambridge University Press India.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-318) and index.

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Science has been gender biased for centuries across cultural contexts. Different ideological constructions of gender through different eras have restricted women's access to science. The twentieth century, especially its second half, witnessed certain important changes in terms of women's status in society. This book includes essays by leading academics and researchers from different parts of the world, who discuss gender and science in their society and explore the relevance of gender theories. The book is divided into two broad sections. The first section provides conceptual reflections on gendered science and the second section examines the gender-science relationship using examples from various cultural contexts. The book tries to strike a balance between analyses of the gender dimension of science itself and the role of the wider social, economic and cultural factors. This interdisciplinary volume will be an important resource for graduate students and research scholars of gender studies, social history, psychology and sociology. Those interested in gender and science as well as cross-cultural issues will also find this book useful. Publisher.

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