Article ID: CBB240477676

Interrogating the "Machine" and Women's Things (2015)

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This article provides a retelling of "the shock of the old" by contrasting a technology long associated with women in Africa, the mortar and pestle, with new labor-saving "machines." She learns that many women have a problem with technologies seemingly meant to promote women's development. She asks: what's wrong with machines that will do the cooking for women?

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Authors & Contributors
Mohun, Arwen P.
Bijker, Wiebe E.
Bijsterveld, Karin
Faulkner, Wendy
Fren, Allison de
Irish, Sharon
Journals
Technology and Culture
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Environmental History
Gender and History
Science-Fiction Studies
Publishers
Akademika Publishing
Fort Schuyler Press
McGill-Queen's University Press
Ohio University Press
Southern Illinois University Press
University of Georgia Press
Concepts
Technology and gender
Women and technology
Technology
Technology and society
History of Computing
Laundry Industry
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Africa
Great Britain
Mali
Canada
Netherlands
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