Abstractions and Embodiments - New Histories of Computing and Society

"This anthology of original historical essays examines how social relations are enacted in and through computing using the twin frameworks of abstraction and embodiment. The book highlights a wide range of understudied contexts and experiences, such as computing and disability, working mothers as technical innovators, race and community formation, and gaming behind the Iron Curtain"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Janet Abbate (FALLS CHURCH, VA) is a professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech. She is the author of Inventing the Internet and Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing. Stephanie Dick (VANCOUVER, BC) is an assistant professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Janet Abbate, Janet Dick Abbate, Stephanie Dick
• Mitarbeit: Janet Abbate (Herausgeber), Stephanie Dick (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781421444376
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4437-6
• Seiten: 472
• Serien: Studies in Computing and Cultu; Studies in Computing and Culture
• Themen: Belletristik > Geschenkbücher, Alben, Immerwährende Kalender, Postkartenbücher; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Informatik, EDV > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien