The mobile phone revolution in Morocco : cultural and economic transformations

Author/Creator:

Ilahiane, Hsain, author

Publication/Creation:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The mobile phone revolution in Morocco : cultural and economic transformations / Hsain Ilahiane

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Cell phones--Social aspects--Morocco
Cell phones--Economic aspects--Morocco
Cell phones--Religious aspects--Islam
Cell phone systems--Social aspects--Morocco
Cell phone systems--Economic aspects--Morocco

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Mobile Phone is the Total Social Artifact -- Street Vendors: The Mobile Phone is a Cleaner Occupation -- Urban Micro-Entrepreneurs: The Mobile Phone is the Sixth Pillar of Islam -- Female Domestic Workers: The Mobile Phone is like a Saint -- Smallholder Farmers: The Mobile Phone is neither a Snowmobile nor a Truck -- The Makings of Shame, Gender, and Place: The Mobile Phone is Satan Number -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"In The Mobile Phone Revolution in Morocco, Hsain Ilahiane illustrates how the mobile phone has the endowed capacity to inform, rearrange, and transform almost every aspect of Moroccan society"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xi, 109 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937464809002486

ISBN:

9781793616586
1793616582

OCLC Number:

1273916702

Barcode:

010003516017