Inventing the Mathematician: Gender, Race, and Our Cultural Understanding of Mathematics

by Sara N. Hottinger

Overview

Considers how our ideas about mathematics shape our individual and cultural relationship to the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438460109
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	01/02/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	215
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sara N. Hottinger is Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Keene State College.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. The Discursive Construction of Gendered Subjectivity in Mathematics

3. Mathematical Subjectivity in Historical Accounts

4. The Role of Portraiture in Constructing a Normative Mathematical Subjectivity

5. The Ethnomathematical Other

6. Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"…thought-provoking…" — Roots of Unity Blog

"…Hottinger's book gave me hope that scholars are conveying the message that mathematics is still considered masculine and that we as beneficiaries have much work to do so that my children (and others who look like them) are no longer positioned in mathematics textbooks or the classroom as passive learners of the subject. The more stakeholders become aware of the issues that Hottinger highlights throughout the book, the better chances our children have to be part of a culture where neither their gender, their race, nor their ethnicity is used to judge their mathematical ability." — Dihema Longman, Journal of Urban Mathematics Education

"[Hottinger's] approach is scholarly but also informed by an unusual (but in some ways common) personal story: she considered becoming a mathematician before ultimately pursuing a career in women's studies. The result is a highly readable book that might just change math haters' minds about math (and, perhaps, make some math lovers more open to critical approaches to the field)." — Inside Higher Ed

"This text fills a great void … a welcome addition." — CHOICE

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