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Apple's iMac Computer
Apple’s iMac Computer
Author_Elaine Lally
Board Games
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Cd Rom Drive
Computer Game Playing
Consumer Structures
consumption studies
Contemporary Society
Cooper Household
cyberspace
digital domesticity
Dining Room Table
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Everyday Domestic Life
family technology dynamics
Fire Woman
gendered technology use
geographers
Home Building Practices
Home Computer
home computers
Knowledge Acquisition
Large Scale Social Processes
Lounge Room
material culture studies
Music Glasses
personal possessions
Post-purchase Processes
Reality Tv Show
social impact of home computing
Software Piracy
Street Fighter II
technology and society
Teddy Bear
Tv Guide
Vice Versa
Weekday Pattern
Work Mode Activities
Product details
- ISBN 9781859735565
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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New technologies are profoundly reshaping the world around us. Home computers - unheard of two decades ago - now play an intimate role as personal possessions in many people's lives. For some, computer games may be vital to winding-down after a busy day, while for others the home computer represents only work or is a means through which to socialize in cyberspace. Powerfully symbolic of both future and present trends, computers are increasingly seen as essential home purchases. This book is the first sustained examination of the revealing role computers play in our domestic lives. Do computers cause or help to resolve arguments? What role does gender play in negotiating their use? Who spends the most time with the computer? How does the importance of home computers change as we move from childhood through careers to retirement? Drawing upon topical theories from material culture, technology and consumption studies, Lally traces the social life of these machines and provides unique insights into the many different ways in which they are transformed into highly personal possessions. The result is an absorbing account of everyday life in the information age. This book will be of interest to anthropologists, geographers, sociologists and anyone who wants to get to know how their home computer affects their family life.
Elaine Lally is Assistant Director at the Institute for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney
