- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 200 pages) : illustrations.
- 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" --
- Series Statement
- Studies in mobile communication
- Uniform Title
- Village goes mobile (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Village goes mobile (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2017041847
- OCLC
- ssj0002026607
- Author
Tenhunen, Sirpa.
- Title
A village goes mobile [electronic resource] : telephony, mediation, and social change in rural India / Sirpa Tenhunen.
- Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Series
Studies in mobile communication
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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