Institutionalising technologies: Masculinities, femininities, and the heterosexual economy of the IT classroom

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 617-633

  Holloway, Sarah L ^a   Valentine, Gill ^b   Bingham, Nick ^b,c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER IDENTITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034114255     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3238     Document Type: Article

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