Gender-technology relations : exploring stability and change / Hilde G. Corneliussen.

Author/creator Corneliussen, Hilde
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012.
Descriptionvii, 203 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentGender technology relations
Subjects
Technology--Philosophy.
Technology--Sociological aspects.
Technology--Sex differences.
Electronic data processing--Sex differences.
Women in technology.
Women in computer science.

Contents Machine generated contents note: Disrupting the Impression of Stability in Gender-Technology Relations -- Changing Images of Computers and its Users since 1980 -- Discursive Developments Within Computer Education -- Variations in Gender-ICT Relations Among Male and Female Computer Students -- Stories About Individual Change and Transformation -- Layered Meanings and Differences Within -- Is There an Elsewhere?
Abstract "Through empirical material as well as theoretical discussions, this book explores developments in gender-technology relations from the 1980s to today. The author draws on her long-lasting research in the field, providing insight in both historical and more recent discussions of gender in relation to computers and computing"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-195) and index.
LCCN 2011040446
ISBN9780230300132 (hardback)
ISBN0230300138 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks T14 .C579 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold