Gender, politics, and radioactivity research in interwar Vienna the case of the institute for radium research
Rentetzi M (2004)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2004
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Book Volume: 95
Pages Range: 359-393
Journal Issue: 3
DOI: 10.1086/428960
Abstract
This essay explores the significance of political and ideological context as well as experimental culture for the participation of women in radioactivity research. It argues that the politics of Red Vienna and the culture of radioactivity research specific to the Viennese setting encouraged exceptional gender politics within the Institute for Radium Research in the interwar years. The essay further attempts to provide an alternative approach to narratives that concentrate on personal dispositions and stereotypical images of women in science to explain the disproportionately large number of women in radioactivity research. Instead, the emphasis here is on the institutional context in which women involved themselves in radioactivity in interwar Vienna. This approach places greater importance on contingencies of time and place and highlights the significance of the cultural and political context in a historical study while at the same time shedding light on the interrelation between scientific practices and gender. © 2004 by The History of Science Society. All rights reserved.
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APA:
Rentetzi, M. (2004). Gender, politics, and radioactivity research in interwar Vienna the case of the institute for radium research. ISIS, 95(3), 359-393. https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/428960
MLA:
Rentetzi, Maria. "Gender, politics, and radioactivity research in interwar Vienna the case of the institute for radium research." ISIS 95.3 (2004): 359-393.
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