ISSN:
0938-0116
,
0938-0116
Language:
German
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (14 Seiten)
Publ. der Quelle:
Berlin : de Gruyter
Angaben zur Quelle:
18,1, Seiten 306-318
DDC:
300
Keywords:
Call Centre Agents
;
Transition
;
Overcoming Paradoxical Situations
;
Relation of Person
;
Body and Conciousness
;
Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract:
The article focuses on Ashim Ahluwalias documentation John and Jane, which describes the living conditions, life styles and ambitions of six call centre employees in Mumbai at a time when call centres were not yet questioned in Indian society in respect of their working conditions or social implications. One main focus of the documentation therefore is a more general transition of Asian countries. The call centre agents embody almost perfectly this time of transition: Indians during day time who have never been abroad but become well trained Americans at night, their bodies still in India, but their mind overseas. This striking example is taken to analyse the framing of humans in times of globalisation and the related virtuality of constructions, including their own bodies.
Abstract:
Peer Reviewed
Note:
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
DOI:
10.1524/para.2009.0018
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/28059-8
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