Technomobility in China : : Young Migrant Women and Mobile Phones / / Cara Wallis.
As unprecedented waves of young, rural women journey to cities in China, not only to work, but also to “see the world”and gain some autonomy, they regularly face significant institutional obstacles as well as deep-seated anti-rural prejudices. Based on immersive fieldwork, Cara Wallis provides an in...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Cultural Communication ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Mobile Bodies, Mobile Technologies, and Immobile Mobility
- 1. Market Reforms, Global Linkages, and (Dis) continuity in Post-Socialist China
- 2. “My First Big Urban Purchase”
- 3. Navigating Mobile Networks of Sociality and Intimacy
- 4. Picturing the Self, Imagining the World
- 5. Mobile Communication and Labor Politics
- Conclusion. The Mobile Assemblage and Social Change in China
- Appendix: The Fieldwork
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author