Phone Clones - Authenticity Work in the Transnational Service Economy Mirchandani KiranPaperback
Phone Clones - Authenticity Work in the Transnational Service Economy Mirchandani KiranPaperback Transnational customer service workers are an emerging touchstone of globalization given their…
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Phone Clones - Authenticity Work in the Transnational Service Economy Mirchandani KiranPaperback
Transnational customer service workers are an emerging touchstone of globalization given their location at the intersecting borders of identity, class, nation, and production. In Phone Clones, Kiran Mirchandani explores the experiences of the men and women who work in Indian call centers through one hundred interviews with workers in Bangalore, Delhi, and Pune.As capital crosses national borders, colonial histories and racial hierarchies become inextricably intertwined. Unlike outsourced manufacturing jobs, call center work requires voice-to-voice conversation with distant customers; part of the product being exchanged in these interactions is a responsive, caring, connected self.
As a result, call center workers in India need to imagine themselves in the eyes of their Western clients--to represent themselves both as foreign workers who do not threaten Western jobs and
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