VILLAGE GOES MOBILE

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"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"--

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Full title :VILLAGE GOES MOBILE.

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Publisher(s):E-Content Generic Vendor
Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
Language:eng

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0190876565, 9780190876562
oclc:on1020612896
LC Classification:HE9715.I4
Dewey Decimal:384.5/340954

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.

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Cell phone services industry Cell phone services industry -- India Cell phones -- Economic aspects -- India Cell phones -- Social aspects Cell phones -- Social aspects -- India India India -- Rural conditions Intersectionality (Sociology) Intersectionality (Sociology) -- India Intersectionnalité -- Inde Mass media and culture Rural conditions Telecommunication -- Economic aspects Telecommunication -- Economic aspects -… Télécommunications -- Aspect économique… Téléphonie cellulaire -- Industrie -- I…