“With the cell phone, 24 hours on air”: On gender relations and the appropriation of mobile technologies in low-income groups
Drawing from an ethnographic approach, I analyze in this article the appropriation of cell phones in their intersections with gender relations. I discuss the ways by which technology is appropriated to reaffirm love ties, but also becomes the focus of surveillance, tension and conflict. In this sens...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Intexto |
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| Online Access: | http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/31316 |