The intimate life of computers digitizing domesticity in the 1980s / Reem Hilu.
| Author/creator | Hilu, Reem, 1985- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024] |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Defining Companionate Computing -- A Ménage à Trois with Your Computer: Romance Software as Mediator for Couples -- "Not an Appliance, but a Friend": Personal Robots and Participant Fatherhood -- "A Doll That Understands You": Computer Talking Dolls as Parenting Proxies -- Sex and the Singles Game: Adult Games, Cringe, and Critiques of Masculine Seduction -- Coda: Companionate Computing and Its Echoes. |
| Abstract | "The Intimate Life of Computers shows how the widespread introduction of home computers in the 1980s was purposefully geared toward helping sustain heteronormative middle-class families. Emphasizing the neglected history of the influence of women's culture and feminist critique on the development of personal computing, Reem Hilu uncovers the surprising ways that domesticity and family life guided the earlier stages of our all-pervasive digital culture"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024024842 |
| ISBN | 9781517916657 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781517916640 (library binding) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |