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Description of  Women s Agency and Mobile Communication Under the Radar (Advances in Mobile Communication)

1032285087 epub This volume maps the role of mobile communication in the daily lives of women around the globe, shedding light on under-the-radar use of mobile communication to display a nuanced understanding of social impacts that may affect the gender construction processes of women at the individual, institutional, and societal levels. A global team of authors focus on the use of mobile communication by women in the lower rungs of their respective societies, as well as those who migrate with marginalized statuses within and across the national borders, to demonstrate how under-the-radar use of mobile communication is deeply inscribed within diversified social, cultural, historical, and political milieus. Illuminating the social structural constraints faced by women under their dynamic negotiation of agentic mobile phone use for self-empowerment, the chapters cover womens economic activities, health care, well-being, migration, gendered identity, and the practices of different gender roles. Read more