Author: Reena Patel
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0804769141
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Working the Night Shift: Women in India's Call Center Industry
Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry.Working the Night Shift review. At the same time, night shift employment presents women, in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities. This book explores how beliefs about what constitutes "women's work" are evolving in response to globalization.
Working the Night Shift is the first in-depth study of the transnational call center industry that is written from the point of view of women workers. It uncovers how call center employment affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at night, earning a good salary, and being exposed to western cultureRead full reviews of Working the Night Shift: Women in India's Call Center Industry.
At the same time, night shift employment presents women, in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities. This book explores how beliefs about what constitutes "women's work" are evolving in response to globalization.
Working the Night Shift is the first in-depth study of the transnational call center industry that is written from the point of view of women workers. It uncovers how call center employment affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at night, earning a good salary, and being exposed to western culture. This timely account illustrates the ironic and, at times, unsettling experiences of women who enter the spaces and places made accessible through call center work.
Visit the author's website at http://www.working-the-nightshift.com/ and facebook group.
Working the Night Shift is the first in-depth study of the transnational call center industry that is written from the point of view of women workers. It uncovers how call center employment affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at night, earning a good salary, and being exposed to western cultureRead full reviews of Working the Night Shift: Women in India's Call Center Industry.
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Working the Night Shift: Women in India's Call Center Industry - Reena Patel
Review "Call centers have become the flash point for debates about globalization. However, the social impacts of call centers within India are immense and largely uncharted. Patel makes an important contribution towards understanding this phenomenon through a rigorous focus on gender. Her lively prose makes this book accessible to all audiences but will be especially appealing to students of sociology, geography, women's studies, and anthropology."òÀÔAkhil Gupta, University of California, Los Angeles "In this timely, beautifully written, and path-breaking ethnographic exploration, Patel bri
This book uncovers how working the night shift at India''s transnational call centers affects the lives of women workers.
Working the Night Shift: Women in India's Call Center Industry, ISBN-13: 9780804769136, ISBN-10: 0804769133
Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Working the Night Shift: Women in India's Call Center Industry by Reena Patel Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New This book uncovers how working the night shift at India #039;s transnational call centers affects the lives of women workers. Publisher Description Relatively high wages and the opportunity to be part of an upscale, globalized work environment draw many in India to the call center industry. At the same
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At the same time, night shift employment presents women, in particular, with new challenges alongside the opportunities. This book explores how beliefs about what constitutes "women's work" are evolving in response to globalization.
Working the Night Shift is the first in-depth study of the transnational call center industry that is written from the point of view of women workers. It uncovers how call center employment affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at night, earning a good salary, and being exposed to western culture. This timely account illustrates the ironic and, at times, unsettling experiences of women who enter the spaces and places made accessible through call center work.
Visit the author's website at http://www.working-the-nightshift.com/ and facebook group.
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