Saudi Women and Socio-Digital Technologies: Reconfiguring Identities
| Author(s) |
Hélène Bourdeloie, Caterina Gentiloni Silveri, Sara Houmair |
| Contact |
Hélène Bourdeloie, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris, France. E-mail: helene.bourdeloie@gmail.com |
| Issue |
CyberOrient, Vol. 11, Iss. 1, 2017, pp. 28-53 |
| Published |
May 10, 2017 |
| Type |
Article |
| Abstract |
Drawing on research conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this paper explores the specific uses of digital technologies by Saudi women. It shows how these women – whose gender identity is strongly constrained by a host of social and religious norms characterizing Saudi society – make use of digital technologies, and particularly mobile telephones. The various applications available for mobile telephony open up to them a whole range of choices on how to communicate and use photography, thus enabling them to circumvent their assigned gender identity, at least at the margin. |
| Keywords |
identity, social media, gender, Muslim women, Saudi Arabia
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