Mathangi Krishnamurthy (Indian Institute of Te Assistant Professor

Gebundenes Buch

1-800-Worlds

The Making of the Indian Call Centre Economy

Beschreibung

1-800-Worlds chronicles the labour practices, life-worlds, and media atmospheres of Indian call centre workers, and locates them within the socio-political context of the new Indian middle classes.

Autor

Mathangi Krishnamurthy is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. She is currently pursuing a project on bodily imaginations in relation to new genetic diagnostic technologies. Her areas of interest include the anthropology of work and gender, medical anthropology, urban studies, globalization, and affective labour. She has published on questions of English language usage, the anthropology of work, and the anthropology of gender.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP India
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 145mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780199476053
• ISBN-10: 0199476055
• Artikelnr.: 50759920