Thinking through the diaspora: Call centers, India, and a new politics of hybridity

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-124

  Shome, Raka ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Call centres; Diaspora; Globalization; Hybridity; Information technology; Modernity; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646716914     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877906061167     Document Type: Article

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