{"product_id":"toys-and-tools-in-pink-carol-colatrella-9780814252307","title":"Toys and Tools in Pink: Cultural Narratives of Gender, Science, and Technology","description":"Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs work collaboratively to connect education and research at the institutional, national, and global levels. But what role do women play in STEM? In this very timely book, Carol Colatrella responds to the under-representation of women in STEM by considering how gender inflects literary and media representations. In her analysis of fictional and cinematic texts that reference STEM, she investigates cultural tensions concerning sex roles--tensions that continue to be influential in today's world. \u003ci\u003eToys and Tools in Pink\u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes 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 STEM fields. Literary and historical case studies in \u003ci\u003eToys and Tools in Pink\u003c\/i\u003eexamine issues of women's abilities in, access to, and management of science and technology. These issues appear in debates among university faculty, politicians, and public policy analysts concerned about women's participation in STEM fields. Current analyses of diverse fictions and films demonstrate a continuing interest in women's place in science and technology and also create new, evolving understandings of femininity and masculinity that revise earlier stereotypes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Colatrella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814252303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814252307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Carol Colatrella","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059835334911,"sku":"9780814252307","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_491cc70c-6345-45d0-bbd0-f8cba942a72d.jpg?v=1685060599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toys-and-tools-in-pink-carol-colatrella-9780814252307","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}