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Queer Techn�

Bodies, Rhetorics, and Desire in the History of Computing
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Queer Techn� offers an intimate portrait of the practices, embodied knowledge, desires, and friendships that animate the technical innovation of early digital computing. This book explores archival materials from the Manchester University National Archive for the History of Computing, the site of some of the earliest digital computers and the first commercial computer. The book first analyzes in depth the technical and scientific writing of Alan Turing, who is often credited as an early inventor of computers. Then, recognizing that no inventor works alone, the book places Turing's work in context, first in the network of queer friends who collaborated with Turing and then within a community of women whose labor forms the foundation of computing operations. As such, this project argues for the importance of embodied experiences, gender, and sexuality as central lenses for understanding technical communication as well as technical innovation.

Author Biography:

Patricia Fancher has a PhD in rhetoric and studies rhetorical theory, feminist and queer rhetoric, and digital media. She teaches courses on feminist writing, digital storytelling, rhetoric, and creative nonfiction. Her research has been published in Peitho, Composition Studies, Rhetoric Review, Present Tense, Computers & Composition, and Enculturation. In addition to her scholarly work, Fancher is a creative writer, with essays about feminism and sexuality on many mainstream and literary platforms, including The Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Sun, Autostraddle, and Catapult. She lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her two cats, who are her most loyal writing buddies.
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March 22nd, 2024
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  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
149
Dimensions
140x216x9
ISBN-13
9780814101735
Product ID
38398771

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