Larissa Hjorth

Mobile Media in the Asia-Pacific

Gender and The Art of Being Mobile

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Produktbeschreibung

Investigates the relationship between gender, technology and various forms of mobility and immobility in the Asia-Pacific region. This book outlines various modes of gender performativity that makes the Asia-Pacific region so distinct to other regions globally. It is suitable for students of new media and gender in the Asia-Pacific region.

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This book locates the mobile phone not just as a symbol of lifestyle, but as a domestic technology that is very much subject to local nuances, treating the mobile phone as much as a cultural artefact as a functional technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415438094
• ISBN-10: 0415438098
• Artikelnr.: 25682995

Autorenporträt

Larissa Hjorth is Lecturer in the Games and Digital Art programs at RMIT University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Price of Being Mobile. Section 1: Mobile Media Societies
1. Locating the mobile: Mobile Communication and Gender in the Asia-Pacific
2. Paradigms of Mobility: Conceptual Tenors for Studying Mobility Today 3.
Beyond "The New Rich": Consumption, Production and Gender in the Region
Section 2: Mobile Media Cultures 4. Fast-forwarding to the Present: The
Rise of Customised Mobile Media in Tokyo 5. Engaging Rings: The Haendupon
and Intimate Communities in Seoul 6. Nostalgia Mobility: Memory and the
Mobile Phone in Hong Kong 7. Postal Presence: Persistence of the Postal
Metaphor in Melbourne 8. Domesticating Cartographies: Gendered Mobile Media
in the Region Section 3: Mobile Media Practices 9. Domesticating New Media:
A Discussion on Locating Mobile Media 10. The Big Bang: An Example of
Mobile Media as New Media 11. On Hold: Reflections on a Mobile Media in the
Asia-Pacific