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Bibliography: Women and the Internet
The following references were initially compiled as the reading list for my graduate Sociology reading course with Dr. Wendy Robbins. The reference list has since expanded to include new texts and cyberfeminist writings. The materials specifically deal with the love/hate relationships women experience with the Internet. They are broken down into general sections, by topic.
The Gendered Body in Cyberspace Balsamo, Anne (1996). Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women. Durham: Duke University Press. Theories of Gender/Technology: An Introduction Gill, Rosalind and Grint, Keith (1995). The Gender Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research. In Keith Grint and Rosalind Gill (Eds.) The Gender-Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research. London: Taylor & Francis. 1-28. Perry, Ruth and Greber, Lisa (1990). "Women and Computers: An Introduction". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 74-101. Plant, Sadie (1996). On the Matrix: Cyberfeminism Simulations. In Rob Shields (Ed.) Cultures of the Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. London: Sage Publications. 170-183. Shields, Rob (1996). Introduction: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories and Living Bodies. In Rob Shields (Ed.) Cultures of the Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. London: Sage Publications. 1-10. Theories of Gender/Technology: Culture Bouchard, Micheline (1996). "Is technology working for or against women?" Canadian Speeches, vol. 10 (4) August, pp. 38-46. Edwards, Paul (1990). "The Army and the Microworld: Computers and the Politics of Gender Identity". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 102-127. Hapnes, Tove and Sorensen, Knut H. (1996). Competition and Collaboration in Male Shaping of Computing: A Study of a Norwegian Hacker Culture. In Keith Grint and Rosalind Gill (Eds.) The Gender-Technology Relation: Contemporary Theory and Research. London: Taylor & Francis. 174-191. Kramer, Paula and Lehman, Sheila (1990). "Measuring Women: A Critique of Research on Computer Ability and Avoidance". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 158-172. Regan Shade, Leslie (1996). Is there Free Speech on the Net? Censorship in the Global Information Infrastructure. In Rob Shields (Ed.) Cultures of the Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. London: Sage Publications. 11-32 Turkle, Sherry and Papert, Seymour (1990). "Epistemological Pluralism: Styles and Voices with in the Computer Culture". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. Mass Media Construction of Gender and the WWW Kantrowitz, Barbara (1994). "Men, Women and Computers". Newsweek, May 16, 48-55. Pittaway, Kim (1996). "The Digital Woman". Chatelaine, December, pp. 19, 21, 23, 65. Van-den-Broek, Astrid (1996). "Web Grrls take off". Herizons, vol. 10 (4). p. 14 "Cyber-sorority: Women begin to feminize the net". Maclean's, vol. 109 (47) November 18, 1996. pp. 53-54 "A site to call your own: help us build for Canadian women on the Web". Chatelaine, vol. 69 (10)October 1996 pp. 42-43 "Women get wired on the Internet: Wired Women". Canadian Press Newswire, November 8, 1995. "The world inside your windows: Women's resources on the Internet". Flare, vol. 17 (11) November 1995 pp. 132, 134. Educating Women to Use the WWW Balka, Ellen (1997). Computer Networking: Spinsters on the Web. Ottawa: CRIAW. (On order) Gilbert, Laurel and Kile, Crystal (1996). Surfer Grrrls. Seattle: Seal Press. Senjen, Rye and Guthrey, Jane (1996). The Internet for Women. North Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Spinifex Press Pty Ltd. Sinclair, Carla (1996). Net Chick: A Smart-Girl Guide to the Wired World. New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Feminism and the Net - a guide for fun feminists. Located at: http://www.eskimo.com/~feminist/nownetin.html Maintained by William Affleck-Asch. October 1996 update (7 pages) Women Using the WWW Korenman, Joan and Wyatt, Nancy (1996). Group Dynamics in an E-Mail Forum. In Susan Herring (Ed.) Computer Mediated Communication: Linguistics, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Spertus, Ellen (1996). Social and Technical Meanings for Fighting On-Line Harassment. Located at: http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/Gender/glc/ May 5, 1996 draft version (10 pages) Hacking Barbie with the Barbie Liberation Organization Located at: http://www.virago-net.com/brillo/No1/blo.htm Like Fish to W.A.T.E.R. (Women's Access to Electronic Resources) Located at: http://www.virago-net.com/brillo/No1/water.htm Turned on, Plugged in, Left Out Located at: http://www.virago-net.com/brillo/No1/pluggedi.htm#cute Research/Reflections by Women on the WWW Balka, Ellen. Women's Access to On-Line Discussions about Feminism Originally available in the Electronic Journal of Communication, 3, (2). Cherny, Lynn and Weisse, Elizabeth R (1996). Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace. Seattle: Seal Press. (Full edited anthology) De Villa, Cruella. Paradigms and Perversions: A Woman's Place in Cyberspace. Located at: http://www.virago-net.com/brillo/No1/letter.htm (4 pages) In Brillo magazine 1, available on-line. Herring, Susan (1994). Gender Differences in Computer Mediated Communication: Bringing Familiar Baggage to the New Frontier. Located at: http://cpsr.org/cpsr/gender/herring.txt (10 pages) Kennedy, Tracy (1999). Women and the Internet: An Exploratory Study of Feminist Experiences in Cyberspace. Located at: http://www.iaw.on.ca/~tkennedy/research Regan Shade, Leslie (1993). Gender Issues in Computer Networking. Located at: http://cpsr.org/cpsr/gender/leslie_regan_shade.txt (16 pages) Rogers, Karen (1995). Women on the Internet. Located at: http://www.nccn.net/bultnbrd/articles/union3kr.htm (2 pages) Spender, Dale (1995). Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace. Ontario: Garamond Press. Spender, Dale (1996). "Of Mouse and Man". New Internationalist, No. 286, December. 20-21 Stabile, Carol (1994). Feminism and the Technological Fix. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Truong, Hoai-An. Gender Issues in On-Line Communication. Located at: http://cpsr.org/cpsr/gender/bawit.cfp93 (10 pages) Version no. 4.3 1993