Digital Entrepreneurship, Gender and Intersectionality An East Asian Perspective /

• Main Author: Leung, Wing-Fai (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work
• Subjects: Industrial sociology.; Sociology.; Mass media.; Communication.; Digital media.; Entrepreneurship.; Sociology of Work.; Gender Studies.; Media Sociology.; Digital/New Media.

This book details qualitative research focusing on Internet startups, digital entrepreneurship, race and sex discrimination, and the sharing economy. Addressing the intersections between issues of gender, age, ethnicity and class, the author interviews startup founders, including many husband and wi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Family Metaphor, the Geek and the Entrepreneurial Ideal
• 3. Girls in Tech: Progress and Barriers in a Gendered Culture
• 4. Luxury Chairs and Pizzas: The Production of Social Spaces and Class
• 5. Cool, Creative but not so Equal
• 6. Conclusions.