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Women's Agency and Mobile Communication Under the Radar, PDF eBook

Women's Agency and Mobile Communication Under the Radar PDF

Edited by Xin Pei, Pranav Malhotra, Rich Ling

Part of the Advances in Mobile Communication series

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Description

This volume maps the role of mobile communication in the daily lives of women around the globe, shedding light on "under-the-radar" use of mobile communication to display a nuanced understanding of social impacts that may affect the gender construction processes of women at the individual, institutional, and societal levels.

A global team of authors focus on the use of mobile communication by women in the lower rungs of their respective societies, as well as those who migrate with marginalized statuses within and across the national borders, to demonstrate how "under-the-radar" use of mobile communication is deeply inscribed within diversified social, cultural, historical, and political milieus. Illuminating the social structural constraints faced by women under their dynamic negotiation of agentic mobile phone use for self-empowerment, the chapters cover women's economic activities, health care, well-being, migration, gendered identity, and the practices of different gender roles.

This comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars and students of media and communication, new and digital media, mobile communication, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, political science, and cultural studies.

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