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The Computer’s Voice: From Star Trek to Siri by Liz W. Faber
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- Book Title
- The Computer’s Voice: From Star Trek to Siri by Liz W. Faber
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Subjects
- Engineering & Technology
- Subject
- Computers, Star Trek, AI, Gender Studies
- ISBN
- 9781517909765
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
1517909767
ISBN-13
9781517909765
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4050095707
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Computer's Voice : from Star Trek to Siri
Publication Year
2020
Subject
Engineering (General), Gender Studies, Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2020-022368
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The
Reviews
" The Computer's Voice is an ambitious theoretical project, but also a well-argued and informative interdisciplinary study of the intersections between popular culture, gender, and computer history."-- Ancillary Review, " The Computer's Voice is an ambitious theoretical project, but also a well-argued and informative interdisciplinary study of the intersections between popular culture, gender, and computer history."-- Ancillary Review "Faber's grasp of computer vocalizing as an instrument not only of humanizing technology but also of 'genderizing' discourse allows her to consider myriad aspects of sentient 'computer life.'"-- CHOICE, "In this elegant book, Liz W. Faber plays intellectual alchemist, swirling methodologies to unearth the roots of our sociological interactions with digital technologies via the auditory, and not merely the visual domain. The Computer's Voice furthers our belated attention to the soundtrack, both of our media texts but also our lived experience, by deftly deploying feminist theories of (dis)embodiment."--Walter Metz, Southern Illinois University "Liz W. Faber has written a highly accessible and fascinating history of talking computers, from evil sci-fi mainframes to the smartphones we keep in our pockets. This deep dive into computing, vocalization, and gender explains how the digitized voices we often take for granted have a hidden history and politics all their own."--Mar Hicks, author of Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing, "In this elegant book, Liz W. Faber plays intellectual alchemist, swirling methodologies to unearth the roots of our sociological interactions with digital technologies via the auditory, and not merely the visual domain. The Computer's Voice furthers our belated attention to the soundtrack, both of our media texts but also our lived experience, by deftly deploying feminist theories of (dis)embodiment."--Walter Metz, Southern Illinois University "Liz W. Faber has written a highly accessible and fascinating history of talking computers, from evil sci-fi mainframes to the smartphones we keep in our pockets. This deep dive into computing, vocalization, and gender explains how the digitized voices we often take for granted have a hidden history and politics all their own."--Mar Hicks, author of Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing " The Computer's Voice is an ambitious theoretical project, but also a well-argued and informative interdisciplinary study of the intersections between popular culture, gender, and computer history."-- Ancillary Review "Faber's grasp of computer vocalizing as an instrument not only of humanizing technology but also of 'genderizing' discourse allows her to consider myriad aspects of sentient 'computer life.'"-- CHOICE " The Computer's Voice is an exquisite book, informative and inspiring."-- Neural " The Computer's Voice is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of gender studies, media analysis, cultural sound studies, and science fiction, offering a comprehensive and illuminating journey through the history and cultural significance of these enigmatic voices."-- H-Net Reviews
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
006.54
Synopsis
A deconstruction of gender through the voices of Siri, HAL 9000, and other computers that talk Although computer-based personal assistants like Siri are increasingly ubiquitous, few users stop to ask what it means that some assistants are gendered female, others male. Why is Star Trek 's computer coded as female, while HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey is heard as male? By examining how gender is built into these devices, author Liz W. Faber explores contentious questions around gender: its fundamental constructedness, the rigidity of the gender binary, and culturally situated attitudes on male and female embodiment. Faber begins by considering talking spaceships like those in Star Trek , the film Dark Star , and the TV series Quark , revealing the ideologies that underlie space-age progress. She then moves on to an intrepid decade-by-decade investigation of computer voices, tracing the evolution from the masculine voices of the '70s and '80s to the feminine ones of the '90s and '00s. Faber ends her account in the present, with incisive looks at the film Her and Siri herself. Going beyond current scholarship on robots and AI to focus on voice-interactive computers, The Computer's Voice breaks new ground in questions surrounding media, technology, and gender. It makes important contributions to conversations around the gender gap and the increasing acceptance of transgender people.
LC Classification Number
TK7882.S65F33 2020
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