At Home With Computers

1 Introduction 2 The Relationship of Ownership 3 The Information Appliance 4 Acquiring a Handle on the Future 5 Computing in the Domestic Pattern of Life 6 Temporal Rhythms of the Computerized Home 7 Negotiations of Ownership 8 Is the Home Computer Pink or Blue? 9 The Domestic Ecology of Objects 10 Machines for Living 11 Constructing the Self through Objectification Appendix The Study Participants Bibliography