Women and computers /

"This book investigates women's perception of computers and describes the working environment for women in computing." "When computers have so much to offer - in the arts, in the workplace, or as labour-saving devices at home - women appear to have accepted computing as essential...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grundy, A. F. (Anna Frances)
Otros Autores: Grundy, John, 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Exeter : Intellect, 1996.
Temas:
Computers and civilization.
Women in technology.
Women > Social conditions.
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
Femmes en technologie.
Femmes > Conditions sociales.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
Computers and civilization
Women in technology
Women > Social conditions
Computers.
Technologie.
Vrouwen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Laying the foundations. 1. What I mean by 'feminism'
  • II. Chips with everything ... 2. ... But not for girls. 3. And not in the home
  • III. Women, computing and employment
  • What it's like now. 4. How men hog the stage ... 5. ... And keep centre stage: purism, elitism & sexism. 6. 'We'll teach you to go into computing!'. 7. Language in computing: 'careful, ladies present!'. 8. What chance new ideas? 9. The myth of male logic and female intuition
  • IV. What is to be done? 10. Adding-more-women. 11. The liberal level. 12. The radical level. A statistics.

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