WOMEN AND THE MACHINE

Discussion

Chapter Two ("Wired For Fashion") and suggests women have long been pictured and portrayed as dolls. How can women counter this stereotype? By trying to emulate the look of beautiful mannequins, are some women promoting this themselves? See also Julie Wosk's new book ALLURING ANDROIDS, ROBOT WOMEN, AND ELECTRONIC EVES.



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SELECTED WORKS by Julie Wosk

BOOK
Alluring Androids, Robot Women, and Electronic Eves
New Book on Images of Artificial Women in Film, Photography, Art, Anime, Videogames and more.
Women and the Machine: Representations From the Spinning Wheel to the Electronic Age
Artists and photographers, advertisers and writers reveal the impact of new technologies on women's lives.
Breaking Frame: Technology and the Visual Arts in the Nineteenth Century
Nineteenth-century artists and designers capture the dramatic and often traumatic impact of new machines and technologies on American and European society.
Books and Articles
SELECT PUBLICATIONS 1980-2008
Publications on Art, Technology, and Design
Essay in Museum Catalog
"Perspectives on the Escalator in Photography and Art"
Essay for UP DOWN ACROSS ( National Building Museum Exhibit on Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks
Journal article
"Photographing Devastation: Three New York Photography Exhibits of 11 September 2001"


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