Geek Girls : : Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley /

Geek Girls : : Inequality and Opportunity in Silicon Valley / / France Winddance Twine.

An inside account of gender and racial discrimination in the high-tech industryWhy is being a computer “geek” still perceived to be a masculine occupation? Why do men continue to greatly outnumber women in the high-technology industry? Since 2014, a growing number of employment discrimination lawsui...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
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Twine, France Winddance,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 8 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Silicon Valley Caste System
  • 2. Ideologies, Mythologies, and Realities
  • 3. Black Geek Girls: Silicon Valley’s 1 Percent
  • 4. First-Generation Geek Girls
  • 5. Second-Generation Geek Girls
  • 6. Transnational Geek Girls: Mobile, Middle Class, and Upper Caste
  • 7. All-Women Coding Boot Camps: An Alternative Route to Engineering Careers
  • Conclusion: The Tech Sisterhood and a New Movement for Equality
  • Appendix A. Timeline of Notable Women in Computer Science and Engineering and Struggles against Discrimination
  • Appendix B. Timeline of Significant Moments in Technology Innovation and in Silicon Valley
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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