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4. Picturing the Self, Imagining the World

  • Cara Wallis
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Technomobility in China
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© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction. Mobile Bodies, Mobile Technologies, and Immobile Mobility 1
  6. 1. Market Reforms, Global Linkages, and (Dis) continuity in Post-Socialist China 29
  7. 2. “My First Big Urban Purchase” 63
  8. 3. Navigating Mobile Networks of Sociality and Intimacy 91
  9. 4. Picturing the Self, Imagining the World 119
  10. 5. Mobile Communication and Labor Politics 145
  11. Conclusion. The Mobile Assemblage and Social Change in China 177
  12. Appendix: The Fieldwork 189
  13. Notes 195
  14. Bibliography 229
  15. Index 257
  16. About the Author 264
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814795262.003.0004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction. Mobile Bodies, Mobile Technologies, and Immobile Mobility 1
  6. 1. Market Reforms, Global Linkages, and (Dis) continuity in Post-Socialist China 29
  7. 2. “My First Big Urban Purchase” 63
  8. 3. Navigating Mobile Networks of Sociality and Intimacy 91
  9. 4. Picturing the Self, Imagining the World 119
  10. 5. Mobile Communication and Labor Politics 145
  11. Conclusion. The Mobile Assemblage and Social Change in China 177
  12. Appendix: The Fieldwork 189
  13. Notes 195
  14. Bibliography 229
  15. Index 257
  16. About the Author 264
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