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by Jan M. Padios


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In 2011 the Philippines surpassed India to become what the New York Times referred to as "the world's capital of call centers." By the end of 2015 the Philippine call center industry employed over one million people and generated twenty-two billion dollars in revenue. In A Nation on the Line Jan M. Padios examines this massive industry in the context of globalization, race, gender, transnationalism, and postcolonialism, outlining how it has become a significant site of efforts to redefine Filipino identity and culture, the Philippine nation-state, and the value of Filipino labor. She also chronicles the many contradictory effects of call center work on Filipino identity, family, consumer culture, and sexual politics. As Padios demonstrates, the critical question of call centers does not merely expose the logic of transnational capitalism and the legacies of colonialism; it also problematizes the process of nation-building and peoplehood in the early twenty-first century.

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  • Title A Nation on the Line: Call Centers as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines
  • Author Jan M. Padios
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Duke University Press
  • Date 2018-04-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780822370598 / 082237059X
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.5 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Call centers - Philippines
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017039420
  • Dewey Decimal Code 384.64

About the author

Jan M. Padios is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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