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Powell Crystal |
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Rethinking marginality in South Africa : mobile phones and the concept of belonging in Langa Township / / Crystal Powell |
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Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mobile communication systems - South Africa |
Cell phones - South Africa |
South Africa Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 - ICTS, Migration, Mobility, and Belonging: An Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""Background to the Study""; ""Statement of the Problem""; ""Purpose and Rationale of the Study""; ""Significance Of The Study""; ""Conceptual Framework""; ""Research Questions""; ""Delimitations""; ""Assumptions""; ""Outline Of The Remainder Of The Book""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 2 - Digging In And Being Dug Into By Langa: An Ethnographic Approach""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Entering The Field"" |
""Selection Of Participants""""Ethical Considerations""; ""Data Collection""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Limitations And Challenges""; ""Reflexivity""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 - Everyday Life In Langa: Ethnographic Snapshots""; ""Introduction""; ""Do Marginal Spaces Produce Marginal People?""; ""Introducing Langa Township""; ""Langa: Ethnographic Snapshots""; ""Perceptions Of Langa As A Marginal Population In Cape Town""; ""Questioning Langa�s Categorical Marginality""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4 - ICTS And The Development Of Langa Residents: A �Marginal� Mobile Population"" |
""Introduction""""Some Practical Uses Of ICTS In Langa""; ""Revealing The Margins Within The “Margins"" ""; ""The Mobile Phone As A Rite- |
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