From Library Journal
Smart bombs, genetics, and weather satellites are a few of the jumping-off points for the 18 academic papers collected here. Presented at a CUNY conference in the spring of 1994, these essays investigate the interaction primarily of U.S. culture, science, and technology, with some comparison or contrast to other cultures. Each author's unique voice is evident. Many topics include examples from the authors's ongoing research. Readers well versed in cultural studies will benefit the most from these discussions. Recommended for history of science and cultural studies collections.?Michael D. Cramer, Virginia Polytechnic & State Univ. Libs., Blacksburg
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Kurzbeschreibung
Where does culture end and technology begin? Technoscience and Cyberculture argues that technology is culture, saturating our world so that technology has become the dominant discourse in politics, medicine, the media, religion and everyday life itself. Examining the social implications of our technological developments and the ways in which the "truth of science" requires critical investigation, this volume brings cultural studies and science studies into a new and productive focus.