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Author Freeman, Carla.

Title High tech and high heels in the global economy : women, work, and pink-collar identities in the Caribbean / Carla Freeman.

Imprint Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  331.481 F855H    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  331.481 F855H c.2  Check Shelf
Description xiii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-322) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Pink-Collar Bajans: Working Class through Gender and Culture on the Global Assembly Line -- Localizing Informatics: Situating Women and work in Barbados -- Myths of docile Girls and Matriarchs: Local Profiles of Global Workers -- Inside Multitext and Data Air : Discipline and Agency in the "Open Office" -- Fashioning Femininity and "professional" Ideniities: Producing and Consuming Across Formal and Informal Sectors -- Epilogue.
Subject Women electronic data processing personnel -- Caribbean Area.
Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Caribbean Area.
Women electronic data processing personnel. (OCoLC)fst01177610
Women offshore assembly industry workers. (OCoLC)fst01178232
Caribbean Area. (OCoLC)fst01244080
Informatieindustrie.
Vrouwenberoepen.
Sociale identiteit.
Internationalisatie.
Elektronikindustrie (DE-588)4133005-5
Beschäftigung (DE-588)4005979-0
Karibik (DE-588)4073241-1
Frau (DE-588)4018202-2
Frau.
Other Form: Online version: Freeman, Carla. High tech and high heels in the global economy. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000 (OCoLC)654294985
ISBN 0822324032 (cl. ; alk. paper)
9780822324034 (cl. ; alk. paper)
0822324393 (pa. ; alk. paper)
9780822324393 (pa. ; alk. paper)
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