• ISBN13: 9788175969254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Foundation Books
• Publication Date: August 12, 2017
• Pages: 300
• Original Price: INR 1295.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams

Different ideological constructions of gender through different eras have restricted women’s access to science. The second half of the twentieth century witnessed certain important changes in terms of women’s status – overtly discriminatory policies and practices declined during this period. Gender and Science: Studies across Cultures includes essays from various cultural contexts to answer some of these questions: Was there any change in the world of science as well? Could science become free from gender biases? Could gender and science issues go beyond race, class, colonization, social and geographical distinctions? Are gender and science relations universal as assumed by the ‘ethos of science’ or vary with the culture?

This volume brings together historians, anthropologists, sociologists and psychologists to examine and discuss the interactions among gender, science and culture. The result is a collection of work that is rich in analysis, specific in its evidences, and grounded in the complex discussion of gender–science relationship.