Japan's mobile technoculture: The production of a cellular playscape and its cultural implications

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Daliot Bul, Michal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Kfar Hess   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Emotions as social practice; Late consumer culture; Urban lifestyles; Youth popular cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948969834     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443707081710     Document Type: Article

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