A village goes mobile : telephony, mediation, and social change in rural India / Sirpa Tenhunen.

By:

Tenhunen, Sirpa [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in mobile communicationPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]Description: ix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780190630270 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780190630287 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Village goes mobileDDC classification:

384.534 T254V 23

LOC classification:

HE9715.I4 T46 2018

Contents:

Theorizing phone use contexts and mediation -- Why mobile phones became ubiquitous : remediation and socialities -- Mobile telephony, economy and social logistics -- Mediating gender : mobile phones and women's agency -- Mediating conflict : mobile telephony and politics -- Smartphones, caste and intersectionalities.

Summary: "This book examines how mobile telephony contributes to social change in rural India on the basis of ethnographic fieldwork. The book investigates how the use of mobile phones has influenced economic, political and social relationships including gender relationships, and how these new social constellations relate to culture and development" -- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library and Documentation Division PGRRL	384.534 T254V (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		111084

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book examines how mobile telephony contributes to social change in rural India on the basis of ethnographic fieldwork. The book investigates how the use of mobile phones has influenced economic, political and social relationships including gender relationships, and how these new social constellations relate to culture and development" -- Provided by publisher.

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