| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2010
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (326 p.)
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| Disciplina |
338.76
338.761004082
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
MisaThomas J
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| Soggetto topico |
Women in computer science
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| ISBN |
1-282-68582-1
9786612685828
0-470-61992-9
0-470-61991-0
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Foreword ix -- Preface xiii -- Contributors xv -- PART I: TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING 1 -- 1 Gender Codes 3 -- Defining the Problem -- Thomas J. Misa -- 2 Computer Science 25 -- The Incredible Shrinking Woman -- Caroline Clarke Hayes -- 3 Masculinity and the Machine Man 51 -- Gender in the History of Data Processing -- Thomas Haigh -- PART II: INSTITUTIONAL LIFE 73 -- 4 A Gendered Job Carousel 75 -- Employment Effects of Computer Automation -- Corinna Schlombs -- 5 Meritocracy and Feminization in Conflict 95 -- Computerization in the British Government -- Marie Hicks -- 6 Making Programming Masculine 115 -- Nathan Ensmenger -- 7 Gender and Computing in the Push-Button Library 143 -- Greg Downey -- PART III: MEDIA AND CULTURE 163 -- 8 Cultural Perceptions of Computers in Norway 1980-2007 165 -- From "Anybody" Via "Male Experts" to "Everybody" -- Hilde G. Corneliussen -- 9 Constructing Gender and Technology in Advertising Images 187 -- Feminine and Masculine Computer Parts -- Aristotle Tympas, Hara Konsta, Theodore Lekkas, and Serkan Karas -- PART IV: WOMEN IN COMPUTING 211 -- 10 The Pleasure Paradox 213 -- Bridging the Gap Between Popular Images of Computing and Women's Historical Experiences -- Janet Abbate -- 11 Programming Enterprise 229 -- Women Entrepreneurs in Software and Computer Services -- Jeffrey R. Yost -- 12 Gender Codes 251 -- Lessons from History -- Thomas J. Misa -- 13 Gender Codes 265 -- Prospects for Change -- Caroline Clarke Hayes -- Bibliography 275 -- Index 297
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| Record Nr. | UNISA-996213350303316 |