High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy : Women, Work, and Pink-Collar Identities in the Caribbean /

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The lives of women workers in Barbados, who perform high tech jobs out-sourced by U.S. corporations.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Freeman, Carla (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Internationalisatie.
Sociale identiteit.
Vrouwenberoepen.
Informatieindustrie.
Frau
Beschäftigung
Elektronikindustrie
Women offshore assembly industry workers.
Women electronic data processing personnel.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Entreprises delocalisees > Personnel feminin > Caraïbes (Region)
Informatique > Personnel feminin > Caraïbes (Region)
Women offshore assembly industry workers > Caribbean Area.
Women electronic data processing personnel > Caribbean Area.
Karibik
Caribbean Area.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 2 Pink-Collar Bajans: Working Class through Gender and Culture on the Global AssemblyLine
  • 3 Localizing Informatics: Situating Women and Work in Barbados
  • 4 Myths of Docile Girls and Matriarchs: Local Profilesof Global Workers
  • 5 Inside Multitext and Data Air: Discipline and Agency in the "Open Office"
  • 6 Fashioning Femininity and "Professional" Identities: Producing and Consuming Across Formal and Informal Sectors
  • 7 Epilogue.

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