Latinas cross the IT border: Understanding gender as a boundary object between information worlds

First Monday

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Burnett, Kathleen ^a   Subramaniam, Manimegalai M ^b   Gibson, Amelia ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 71649087919     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v14i9.2581     Document Type: Article

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