Neutral accent :

Aneesh, A. 1964-

Neutral accent : how language, labor, and life become global A. Aneesh - Durham, NC [u.a.] : Duke Univ. Press, 2015. - x,154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-149) and index.


A. Aneesh uses India's call centers as sites to study the consequences of successful global integration. Call center work requires neutralizing racial, ethnic, and national identities, which causes a disintegration of self where the performance of one's neutralized identity serves the system of global markets.

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Call center agents--Gurgaon--India
Call centers--India--Gurgaon
Globalization
Intercultural communication

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