Gender, politics, and radioactivity research in interwar Vienna: the case of the Institute for Radium Research.

Rentetzi, M

dc.contributor.author	Rentetzi, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:20:33Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:20:33Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	0021-1753	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15959
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dc.subject.classification	History & Philosophy Of Science	en
dc.subject.other	radium	en
dc.subject.other	art	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	Austria	en
dc.subject.other	female	en
dc.subject.other	feminism	en
dc.subject.other	gender identity	en
dc.subject.other	history	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	male	en
dc.subject.other	organization	en
dc.subject.other	organization and management	en
dc.subject.other	political system	en
dc.subject.other	politics	en
dc.subject.other	radioactivity	en
dc.subject.other	research	en
dc.subject.other	social dominance	en
dc.subject.other	war	en
dc.subject.other	Academies and Institutes	en
dc.subject.other	Austria	en
dc.subject.other	Female	en
dc.subject.other	Feminism	en
dc.subject.other	Gender Identity	en
dc.subject.other	Hierarchy, Social	en
dc.subject.other	History, 20th Century	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Male	en
dc.subject.other	National Socialism	en
dc.subject.other	Organizational Culture	en
dc.subject.other	Politics	en
dc.subject.other	Portraits	en
dc.subject.other	Radioactivity	en
dc.subject.other	Radium	en
dc.subject.other	Research	en
dc.subject.other	Socialism	en
dc.subject.other	Women, Working	en
dc.subject.other	World War I	en
dc.title	Gender, politics, and radioactivity research in interwar Vienna: the case of the Institute for Radium Research.	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.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.	en
heal.publisher	UNIV CHICAGO PRESS	en
heal.journalName	Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000226729800001	en
dc.identifier.volume	95	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	359	en
dc.identifier.epage	393	en