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A Village Goes Mobile

Telephony, Mediation, and Social Change in Rural India

By: Sirpa Tenhunen

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A Village Goes Mobile

Telephony, Mediation, and Social Change in Rural India

By: Sirpa Tenhunen

In A Village Goes Mobile, Sirpa Tenhunen examines how the mobile telephone has contributed to social change in rural India. Tenhunen's long-term ethnographic fieldwork in West Bengal began before the village had a phone system in place and continued through the introduction and proliferation of the smartphone. She here analyzes how mobile telephones emerged as multidimensional objects which, in addition to enabling telephone conversations, facilitated status aspirations, internet access, and entertainment practices. She explores how this multifaceted use of mobile phones has affected agency and power dynamics in economic, political, and social relationships, and how these new social constellations relate to culture and development. In eight chapters, Tenhunen asks such questions as: Who benefits from mobile telephony and how? Can people use mobile phones to change their lives, or does phone use merely amplify existing social patterns and power relationships? Can mobile telephony induce development? Going beyond the case of West Bengal, Tenhunen develops a framework to understand how new media mediates social processes within interrelated social spheres and local hierarchies by relating, media-saturated forms of interaction to pre-existing contexts.

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Oxford University Press

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0190630272

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9780190630270

An Introduction to Changing India

Culture, Politics and Development

By: Sirpa Tenhunen,Minna Säävälä

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An Introduction to Changing India

Culture, Politics and Development

By: Sirpa Tenhunen,Minna Säävälä

“An Introduction to Changing India” provides a comprehensive view of the rapid changes occurring in India, particularly in the fields of culture, politics, economics and technology, population, environmental issues and gender. Having carried out anthropological research on kinship, gender issues, politics, class and caste, population issues and the appropriation of information technology in India since the 1990s, the authors draw from their own fieldwork and extensive reading of research reports in order to provide a comprehensive picture of Indian life.

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Anthem Press

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085728827X

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9780857288271

A Village Goes Mobile

Telephony, Mediation, and Social Change in Rural India

By: Sirpa Tenhunen

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Telephony, Mediation, and Social Change in Rural India

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0190630302

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Means of Awakening

Gender, Politics and Practice in Rural India

By: Sirpa Tenhunen

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Means of Awakening

Gender, Politics and Practice in Rural India

By: Sirpa Tenhunen

Investigating The Agency Of Rural Women In West Bengal, Tenhunen Offers Her Ethnographic Insights From Her Fieldwork In 'Janta', A Village Near Bishnupur In Bankura. Her Work Provides Several Fresh Insights Into The Inicro Processes Of Power In The Rural Areas. Particularly Interesting Is Her Discussion Of A Communication Revolution Revolution In The Rural Areas That Had For Long Been Out Of Reach Of Telecommunications.

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8185604975

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9788185604978

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