Mirca Madianou, Daniel Miller

Migration and New Media (eBook, PDF)

Transnational Families and Polymedia

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book makes both a substantive and theoretical contribution to the understanding of the profound, parallel developments of family separation and transnational communication that are shaping our contemporary worlds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136577581
• Artikelnr.: 38272836

Autorenporträt

Mirca Madianou is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. She is the author of Mediating the Nation and several articles on the social consequences of the media.

Daniel Miller is Professor of Material Culture at the Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK. His most recent books include Tales from Facebook and Digital Anthropology (edited with Heather Horst).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Philippines at the Forefront of Globalisation 3. The
Hidden Motivations of Migration 4. Crafting Love: Letters and Cassettes 5.
The Cultural Contradictions of Transnational Motherhood: The Mothers'
Perspective 6. The Children's Perspective 7. Technologies of Relationships
8. Polymedia 9. A Theory of Mediated Relationships 10. Appendix: A Note on
Method