{"product_id":"gender-codes-isbn-9780470597194","title":"Gender Codes","description":"The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter computing than anytime in the past 25 years. This book provides an unprecedented look at the history of women and men in computing, detailing how the computing profession emerged and matured, and how the field became male coded. Women's experiences working in offices, education, libraries, programming, and government are examined for clues on how and where women succeeded—and where they struggled. It also provides a unique international dimension with studies examining the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Norway, and Greece. Scholars in history, gender\/women's studies, and science and technology studies, as well as department chairs and hiring directors will find this volume illuminating.  \u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Gender Codes 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Defining the Problem\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas J. Misa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Computer Science 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Incredible Shrinking Woman\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaroline Clarke Hayes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Masculinity and the Machine Man 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gender in the History of Data Processing\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Haigh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: INSTITUTIONAL LIFE 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 A Gendered Job Carousel 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Employment Effects of Computer Automation\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinna Schlombs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Meritocracy and Feminization in Confl ict 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Computerization in the British Government\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarie Hicks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Making Programming Masculine 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNathan Ensmenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Gender and Computing in the Push-Button Library 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg Downey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: MEDIA AND CULTURE 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Cultural Perceptions of Computers in Norway 1980–2007 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From \"Anybody\" Via \"Male Experts\" to \"Everybody\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHilde G. Corneliussen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Constructing Gender and Technology in Advertising Images 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Feminine and Masculine Computer Parts\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAristotle Tympas, Hara Konsta, Theodore Lekkas, and Serkan Karas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: WOMEN IN COMPUTING 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Pleasure Paradox 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bridging the Gap Between Popular Images of Computing and Women’s Historical Experiences\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Abbate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Programming Enterprise 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Women Entrepreneurs in Software and Computer Services\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey R. Yost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Gender Codes 251\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lessons from History\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas J. Misa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Gender Codes 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prospects for Change\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaroline Clarke Hayes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 297\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is a very valuable book in dispelling many of the myths about women and computing . . . For anyone interested in understanding why women are not attracted to the computing profession, including teachers and IT managers, this book is highly recommended. It provides an in-depth understanding of how and why\u003cbr\u003ewe are where we are.\" (Sex Roles, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e \"Gender Codes is an important book . . . this is a task in which the IEEE History Center can play a role, and we think our readers can and should as well-they can begin with reading this seminal book\" (Bibliography, 1 March 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"This book is an excellent introduction to some of the main themes, and there are many more chapters waiting to be written.\" (IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 1 April 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"Summing up: Recommended [for] all levels\/libraries.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE,\u003c\/i\u003e January 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHOMAS J. MISA\u003c\/b\u003e is at the University of Minnesota, where he directs the Charles Babbage Institute, teaches in the graduate program for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, and is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  \u003cb\u003eA fresh, constructive examination of the gender imbalance in computer education and technology\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe computing profession is facing a serious gender crisis. Women are abandoning the computing field at an alarming rate. Fewer are entering the profession than anytime in the past twenty-five years, while too many are leaving the field in mid-career. With a maximum of insight and a minimum of jargon, \u003ci\u003eGender Codes\u003c\/i\u003e explains the complex social and cultural processes at work in gender and computing today. Edited by Thomas Misa and featuring a Foreword by Linda Shafer, Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Press, this insightful collection of essays explores the persisting gender imbalance in computing and presents a clear course of action for turning things around.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough engaging historical accounts, \u003ci\u003eGender Codes\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of women programmers, systems analysts, managers, and IT executives who flooded this initially attractive field in the 1960s and '70s. It celebrates their notable successes in all segments of the industry. The book then examines why, while most other science and technology fields have seen steady growth in the number of female participants, the computing field experienced just the opposite.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding a unique international perspective, the contributors to this unprecedented volume reveal how computing has become male-coded, highlighting the struggles women have faced in the office, the media, and in culture at large. The book assesses the existing intervention strategies and pinpoints why they are not working and what can—and must—be done to stall the exodus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Codes\u003c\/i\u003e will resonate with female professionals in computing, engineering, and the sciences; with scholars and educators in history, gender\/women's studies, and science and technology; with deans, department chairs, center directors, and those in industry and government with hiring responsibilities; and with staff and executives at foundations and funding agencies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989275164901,"sku":"NP9780470597194","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470597194.jpg?v=1761783478","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/gender-codes-isbn-9780470597194","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}