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Autore |
Horst Heather A. |
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Titolo |
The cell phone : an anthropology of communication / / Heather A. Horst and Daniel Miller |
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Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Berg, , [2006] |
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©2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-000-18345-9 |
0-85785-080-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 212 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Infrastructure Chapter Three: Locations Chapter Four: Possession Chapter Five: Link-Up Chapter Six: Coping Chapter Seven: Pressure Chapter Eight: Welfare Chapter Nine: Evaluation |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tracing the impact of the cell phone from personal issues of loneliness and depression to the global concerns of the modern economy and the transnational family, this book presents an ethnography of the impact of the technology through the exploration of the cell phone's role in everyday lives. |
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