Cultural mimicry and hybridity: On the work of identity in international call centers in India

Organizations, Markets and Imperial Formations: Towards an Anthropology of Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 181-197

  Das, Diya ^a   Dharwadkar, Ravi ^b  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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