Archambault, Julie Soleil
Mobile Secrets: Youth, Intimacy, and the Politics of Pretense in Mozambique
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226447575
- author:
- Archambault, Julie Soleil
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Anthropology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Mobile Secrets explores how mobile communication has become a tool for pretense and falsification in Mozambique, particularly among young adults struggling to become adults.
In this nuanced study, anthropologist Julie Archambault reveals that the cell phone has not necessarily led to development, but rather masked persistent social contradictions. By examining the ways in which people use mobile technology to create the appearance of security or luxury, Archambault sheds light on the complex relationships between technology, intimacy, and power.
The book offers a thought-provoking analysis of how mobile communication has become intertwined with personal and political struggles in Mozambique, highlighting the need for a more nuanced understanding of the impact of new technologies in developing countries.
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