(Im)mobile Homes: Family Life at a Distance in the Age of Mobile Media
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Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Place of publication:
Oxford
Date:
2022
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1 online resource (257 pages)
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Englisch
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Enriched by moving stories of transnational families, (Im)mobile Homes explores the importance of smartphones and social media for the transnational Filipino family in Australia.
Cover -- Series -- (Im)mobile Homes -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Mediated (Im)mobilities -- 2. Zones of Reterritorialized Domesticity: 'It's Like Leaving Messages on the Fridge' -- 3. Homeland (Dis)connections: 'It's Like I'm in the Philippines' -- 4. Restaging Interrupted Rituals: 'It's As If They're Beside Me' -- 5. Mobile (Un)caring at a Distance: 'You Really Love Us My Son' -- 6. Bittersweet Festivity: 'We're Not Only Here but We're Also There in Spirit' -- 7. Digital Lifeline in Turbulent Times: 'As Long as They're Okay, I'm Okay' -- 8. An (Im)mobile Home and Beyond -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Cover -- Series -- (Im)mobile Homes -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Mediated (Im)mobilities -- 2. Zones of Reterritorialized Domesticity: 'It's Like Leaving Messages on the Fridge' -- 3. Homeland (Dis)connections: 'It's Like I'm in the Philippines' -- 4. Restaging Interrupted Rituals: 'It's As If They're Beside Me' -- 5. Mobile (Un)caring at a Distance: 'You Really Love Us My Son' -- 6. Bittersweet Festivity: 'We're Not Only Here but We're Also There in Spirit' -- 7. Digital Lifeline in Turbulent Times: 'As Long as They're Okay, I'm Okay' -- 8. An (Im)mobile Home and Beyond -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-12
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2022-07-08
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2023-04-12
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