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

Published Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2003 ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages)) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction -- 2 Pink-Collar Bajans: Working Class through Gender and Culture on the Global AssemblyLine -- 3 Localizing Informatics: Situating Women and Work in Barbados -- 4 Myths of Docile Girls and Matriarchs: Local Profilesof Global Workers -- 5 Inside Multitext and Data Air: Discipline and Agency in the "Open Office" -- 6 Fashioning Femininity and "Professional" Identities: Producing and Consuming Across Formal and Informal Sectors -- 7 Epilogue Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Women electronic data processing personnel -- Caribbean Area Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Caribbean Area Women electronic data processing personnel. Women offshore assembly industry workers. Caribbean Area. Form Electronic book Author Duke University Press.

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