Linguistic and material intimacies of cell phones / edited by Joshua A. Bell and Joel C. Kuipers.

Other author Bell, Joshua A. (Joshua Alexander), 1973- editor.
Other author Kuipers, Joel Corneal editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages .).
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SeriesRoutledge studies in anthropology
Routledge studies in anthropology. ^A529522
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: linguistic and material intimacies of cell phone communication; Part I Origins; 1 The slow road to Tartarus: technological fetishism, materiality, and the trafficking in "conflict minerals" in the eastern DR Congo; 2 Objects of mobility: the role of the mobile phone on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; 3 'Bridges to cash': channelling agency in mobile money; Part II Uses.
Contents 4 Medialects in the creation of Mayan peer cultures: romantic texting as a new literacy practice; 5 Phone-made poiesis: towards an ethnography of call and response; 6 Technologically mediated sociality: negotiating culture, communication, and access; 7 Safety, sensemaking, and solidarity: mobile communication in the immediate aftermath of the July 22, 2011, Oslo bombing; 8 Piracy, cloning, and criminal cats: the discomforts of cellularity in Brazil; 9 Curating visual experiences through mobile phones; Part III Ends of life.
Contents 10 Intimate materialities in cell phone repair: performance, anxiety, and trust in DC repair shops11 Cell phone antinomies: a commentary; Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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