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South Asian Technospaces

by Radhika Gajjala (Volume editor) Venkataramana Gajjala (Volume editor)
©2008 Textbook XII, 303 Pages
Series: Digital Formations, Volume 36

Summary

This book provides perspectives on how South Asian – often, more specifically, Indian – diasporas inhabit techno-mediated environments through their economic and socio-cultural activities. The themes examined include religion, caste, language, and gender in online communities and call centers, and the roles of these factors in the global economy, Bollywood online and offline, digital music, websites for arranging marriages, and so on. The book attempts to map «South Asia» in relation to global technospaces produced through and as a consequence of economic globalization efforts.

Details

Pages
XII, 303
Year
2008
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433102448
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820481227
Language
English
Keywords
Informationsgesellschaft Südasien Aufsatzsammlung
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008. XII, 303 pp.

Biographical notes

Radhika Gajjala (Volume editor) Venkataramana Gajjala (Volume editor)

The Editors: Radhika Gajjala is Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. She is the author of Cyber Selves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women (2004). Venkataramana Gajjala is Associate Professor in the School of Business at Tiffin University, Ohio.

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