Technologies of the spouse: intimate surveillance in Senegalese transnational marriages Academic Article

abstract

• 2014 The Author(s) Global Networks 2014 Global Networks Partnership & John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Rapid advances in communication technology in the last 20 years have enabled migrants to sustain social and economic investment in multiple geographic locations, or, to be transnational. In this article, by analysing non-migrant Senegalese women's experiences in marriages with migrant Senegalese men, I critically engage in discussions about the role of technology in transnational family dynamics. In the intimate negotiations of transnational married life, these women feel profoundly ambivalent about the role of communication technologies in their lives. Instead of enabling 'emotional closeness', the virtual presence of their absent husbands frequently represents a spectre of suspicion, control and surveillance.

authors

• Hannaford, Dinah

published proceedings

• Global Networks

author list (cited authors)

• HANNAFORD, D.

citation count

• 49

complete list of authors

• HANNAFORD, DINAH

publication date

• January 2015

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Global Networks: a Journal of Transnational Affairs  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4403 Demography
• 8 Decent Work And Economic Growth

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/glob.12045

start page

• 43

end page

• 59

volume

• 15

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2Fglob.12045

user-defined tag

• 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth