The intimate life of computers : digitizing domesticity in the 1980s /
"The Intimate Life of Computers shows how the widespread introduction of home computers in the 1980s was purposefully geared toward helping sustain heteronormative middle-class families. Emphasizing the neglected history of the influence of women's culture and feminist critique on the deve...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "The Intimate Life of Computers shows how the widespread introduction of home computers in the 1980s was purposefully geared toward helping sustain heteronormative middle-class families. Emphasizing the neglected history of the influence of women's culture and feminist critique on the development of personal computing, Reem Hilu uncovers the surprising ways that domesticity and family life guided the earlier stages of our all-pervasive digital culture"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452972077 (electronic bk.) 9781452972084 1452972087 1452972079 |