02168oam 22004814a 450 991055277090332120210915034633.00-8142-7087-5(CKB)3780000000105161(OCoLC)868220279(MdBmJHUP)muse29458(EXLCZ)99378000000010516120101001d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierToys and Tools in PinkCultural Narratives of Gender, Science, and Technology /Carol ColatrellaColumbus :Ohio State University Press,2011.©2011.1 online resource (ix, 246 p. )0-8142-1147-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: cultural narratives and the "leaky pipeline" -- The ethics of feminist science -- Female criminals and detectives -- Mothers and medicine -- Babe scientist: science and sex -- Femininity, feminism, and technology -- Conclusion: children's narratives.Analyzes female character types that recur in fictional narratives in print, on television, and in the cinema: female criminals and detectives, mothers who practice medicine, and "babe scientists," among others. It also investigates how narrative settings and plots both subsume and influence cultural stereotypes of gender in prescribing salient professional and personal codes of conduct in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields--From publisher description.Sex roleSocial aspectsWomen in scienceWomen in motion picturesWomen in literatureElectronic books. Sex roleSocial aspects.Women in science.Women in motion pictures.Women in literature.809/.933522Colatrella Carol1213950MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910552770903321Toys and Tools in Pink2803678UNINA