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> H-ASIA
> February 5, 2013
>
> Member's publication: The Great Indian Phone Book / Cell phone Nation
> ******************************************************************
> From: "Assa Doron" <assadoron@yahoo.com>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I would like to draw your
> attention to a recently published monograph co-authored
> by Robin Jeffrey and myself. The book is titled 'The Great
> Indian Phone Book: how the cheap cell phone changes business, politics and
> daily life', published in North and South America by Harvard UP, and UK by
> Hurst. In India the book carries the title: Cell Phone Nation (published
> by
> Hachette).
>
> In 2001, India had 4 million cell phone subscribers. Ten years later, that
> number had exploded to more than 750 million. The Great Indian Phone Book
> investigates
> the social revolution ignited by what may be the most significant
> communications
> device in history.
>
> TOC.
> Introduction: 'So Uncanny and
> Out of Place': In India - In the world - In conclusion
>
> Part One: Controlling
> 1. Controlling Communication: Horses, runners and rulers - Untying
> communication
> 2. Celling India: Act I: '…Within a fortnight…' - Act II: Sidelining
> the referee- Act III: Bread, clothing, shelter—and a mobile
> - Act IV: Schools for scandal
>
> Part Two: Connecting
> 3. Missionaries of the Mobile: Man's best friend - Talk
> time—small, medium, large - The art of retail
> 4. Mechanics of the Mobile: People - Factory workers - Tower walas –
> Mistriis, Trainers and trainees - Process - The Care Centre
>
> Part Three: Consuming
> 5. For Business: On the sea…- Around the
> globe… At the bank… On the river…On the farm… Empowering, ensnaring
> or just
> chatting…?
> 6. For Politics: 'Smart mobs' in the world - 'Smart organisations'
> in India - Limits,
> lessons and possibilities
> 7. For Women and Households: Who will guard the mobile? - The
> household mobile - Ownership and property - Romance, marriage
> and the mobile
> 8. For 'Wrongdoing': Waywardness to Terror
> - 'Waywardness' - Pornography – Crime - Scandal and
> surveillance - Espionage and terror
>
> Conclusion: 'It's the autonomy, stupid'
> Health - Mobile waste - Social networks Language
> and media - Politics and governance
>
> *A recent review by Pankaj Mishra
> appeared on Bloomberg.com,
> ** More details on the book can be
> found on http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ catalog.php?isbn=9780674072688
>
> --
> Dr Assa Doron
> Fellow, Anthropology & South Asian Studies
> School of Culture, History and Language
> Coombs Building; Australian National University
> Canberra, ACT 0200
>
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