Nanotechnology Education and Gender in American Popular Culture. Kathleen Goonan’s "Queen City Jazz", Neal Stephenson’s "The Diamond Age" and Other Nanonarratives


Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

27 Pages, Grade: 1,0


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Table of Contents

1. Towards a New Paideuma? Education and Female Scientists in Nanonarratives. An Introduction

2. General Notes regarding Nanonarratives and the Role of Women in Science Fiction
2.1 Nanotechnology and Science Fiction - a complex relationship
2.2 Women and Science Fiction - a short overview

3. Nanotechnology Education and Gender - An Analysis of Kathleen Goonan’s Queen City Jazz and Sunflowers, Neal Stephenson’s Diamond Age and Michael Flynn’s Remember ’ d Kisses
3.1 Gender, Society and Culture - Analyzing the Pre-educational Circumstances
3.2 Pygmalion Revisited? Nanotechnology Education and Emancipation
3.3 Results of Nanotechnology Education: The Alien, the Sorceress and the Goddess

4. Conclusion. Of Gender, Love and Nanobots

5. Bibliography

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Title
Nanotechnology Education and Gender in American Popular Culture. Kathleen Goonan’s "Queen City Jazz", Neal Stephenson’s "The Diamond Age" and Other Nanonarratives
College
University of Bayreuth
Grade
1,0
Author
Year
2010
Pages
27
Catalog Number
V365545
ISBN (eBook)
9783668450066
ISBN (Book)
9783668450073
File size
558 KB
Language
English
Keywords
nanotechnology, education, gender, american, popular, culture, kathleen, goonan’s, queen, city, jazz, neal, stephenson’s, diamond, other, nanonarratives, analysis
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Carola Katharina Bauer (Author), 2010, Nanotechnology Education and Gender in American Popular Culture. Kathleen Goonan’s "Queen City Jazz", Neal Stephenson’s "The Diamond Age" and Other Nanonarratives, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/365545

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