Book ID: CBB001180009

Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing (2010)

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Misa, T. (Editor)


Wiley


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xvii + 306 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Description The computing profession is facing a serious gender crisis. Women are abandoning the computing field. This book explains the complex social and cultural processes at work in gender and computing today. Through engaging historical accounts, this book tells the stories of women programmers, systems analysts, managers, and IT executives who flooded this field. (from WorldCat) Includes:


Includes Chapters

Chapter Downey, Greg J. (2010) Gender and computing in the push-button library. In: Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing (p. 143). unapi

Chapter Haigh, Thomas (2010) Masculinity and the machine man. In: Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing. unapi

Chapter Corneliussen, Hilde G. (2010) Cultural perceptions of computers in Norway 1980- 2007. In: Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing. unapi

Chapter Misa, ThomasJ. (2010) Gender codes: Defining the problem. In: Gender Codes: Why Women Are Leaving Computing (p. 3). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Mohun, Arwen P.
Kate M. Miltner
Vogel, William F.
Laura Ann Twagira
Mas, Catherine
Allen, Kera Jones
Concepts
Technology and gender
Women and technology
Women and Work
Computer industry
Computers and computing
History of Computing
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Norway
United Kingdom
Canada
Mali
Great Britain
Institutions
Pratt & Whitney Company
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