Sex, cannibals, and the language of cool: Indonesian tales of the phone and modernity

Information Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-170

  Barendregt, Bart ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative modernities; Mobile literature; Pornography; Southeast Asia; Subversion; Use of technology; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949087151     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240802020044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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