04912nam 2200721 a 450 991082109030332120240313162147.01-283-41275-697866134127519956-726-32-X9956-726-19-29956-726-45-1(CKB)2550000000081484(EBL)1135150(OCoLC)817054249(SSID)ssj0000671576(PQKBManifestationID)11379067(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000671576(PQKBWorkID)10624603(PQKB)11198438(MiAaPQ)EBC1135150(OCoLC)773216182(MdBmJHUP)muse21935(Au-PeEL)EBL1135150(CaPaEBR)ebr10524392(CaONFJC)MIL341275(PPN)198682204(EXLCZ)99255000000008148420120214d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccr'Message in a mobile' [Risālah fī jawāl] = Risaala fi jawaal : mixed-messages, tales of missing and mobile communities at the University of Khatroum /Siri Lamoureaux1st ed.Bamenda, Cameroon Langaa ;Leiden African Studies Centre20111 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9956-726-89-3 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Pictures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Mobile phones and network society; Situating the study: Initial research question; New media - new communities; Working with youth cultures: Community, identity and autonomy; Re-directing my research; Interdisciplinarity: Organizing my ideas; 2. Memories of Mekwar: Historical identities and student diversity; Pre-colonial history; Center vs. periphery; Ethno-linguistic peripheries and national identity; Processes of migration: The making of the urban capitalThe National Islamic Fromnt (NIF) and the new Islamic state What does it mean to be Sudanese?; 3. Discourse and identity: Texting in the Sudanese communicative ecology; ""Keeping in touch"": Sudanese communicative style; Texting as a semi-oral medium; Discursive identities; Classical Arabic and Sudanese Colloquial Arabic in texting; Space for alternative identities; 4. Nuba and urban identity: The discourse of resistance and the practice of integration; Joseph's story; The ""Nuba problem"": Discourses of othering; On becoming ""Arab""; Research question revisitedLessons in methodology: The Karko students The Krongo picnic; Paths of accumulation: Contradiction of ideology and practice; Flexible identites: Krongawi - Nubaawi - Sudaani; 5. Text message poetry (shi'ar iliktrooni): The broader effects of personal practices; Alessandro's story; The sending and receiving of poetic messages; Poetry in the Sudanese context; The 'social circulation' of SMS poetry and the 'mediation of 'missing'; Intertextual texting; Recontextualization and the public imagination; 6. Love in the time of mobility: Careful appropriations and courtship negotiations; Leila's storyPublic vs private in Sudan Women's space in the Hamad family's home; Islamic fundamentalist discourse on women; Courtship and social space: Maneuvering on the margins; The mobile phone and the semi-private social space for love; Romantic curiosities and moral crises; The space in-between: Being a ""good Muslim"" and a desiring individual; Leila sets an example; 7. Being ""modern"": From Shakespeare to chat room literacy; Fellah's story; The mobile phone is a technology and a symbol of modernity; English is a technology and a symbol of modernity; The Gulf is modern place; Coming from the GulfGlobalization of English and computer-mediated communication (CMC)Howglobal and local mingle in Sudanese - English texting; Belonging in a globalized world; 8. Conclusion; Appendix 1: Transcription conventions; Appendix 2: List of terms; References; Back coverA detailed, meticulous ethnographic study on mobile phone use among Nuba students at the University of Khartoum in Sudan.Risālah fī jawālRisaala fi jawaalCell phonesSocial aspectsSudanKhartoumCollege studentsSocial networksSudanKhartoumNubiansSudanKhartoumSocial life and customsCell phonesSocial aspectsCollege studentsSocial networksNubiansSocial life and customs.Lamoureaux Siri1096186MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821090303321Message in a mobile3998064UNINA