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

Hausarbeit (Hauptseminar) , 2010 , 27 Seiten , Note: 1,0

Amerikanistik - Literatur

Understanding gender as a performative act defining womanliness and manliness, this paper analyses why women are always linked with nanotechnology education in science fiction as a traditionally masculine genre. By concentrating mainly on the novels "Queen City Jazz" and "Diamond Age" its focus lies not only on the way in which the female pupils are educated, but also on how womanliness is defined and connected with nanotechnology.

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

• Hochschule: Universität Bayreuth
• Note: 1,0
• Autor: Carola Katharina Bauer (Autor:in)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Seiten: 27
• Katalognummer: V365545
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668450066
• ISBN (Buch): 9783668450073
• Sprache: Englisch
• Schlagworte: nanotechnology, education, gender, american, popular, culture, kathleen, goonan’s, queen, city, jazz, neal, stephenson’s, diamond, other, nanonarratives, analysis