Corneliussen, Hilde.

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.

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