Gender-technology relations exploring stability and change / [Book] :
Hilde G. Corneliussen.
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012.
- vii, 203 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-195) and index.
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?
"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"--
9780230300132 (hardback)
Technology--Philosophy. Technology--Sociological aspects. Technology--Sex differences. Electronic data processing--Sex differences. Women in technology. Women in computer science. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.