Phone clones authenticity work in the transnational service economy / Kiran Mirchandani.

Contents Introduction : the authentic clone -- Transnational customer service : a new touchstone of globalization -- Language training : the making of the deficient worker -- Hate nationalism and the outsourcing backlash -- Surveillance schooling for professional clones -- "Don't take calls, make contact!" : legitimizing racist abuse -- Being nowhere in the world : synchronous work and gendered time -- Conclusion : authenticity work in the transnational service economy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and inde ( p.169-174)
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LCCN 2011046319
ISBN9780801450648 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801477676 (pbk. : alk. paper)