{"product_id":"a-nation-on-the-line-call-centers-as-postcolonial-predicaments-in-the-philippines-9780822370598","title":"A Nation on the Line: Call Centers as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines","description":"In 2011 the Philippines surpassed India to become what the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Nation on the Line\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan M. Padios\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822370598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJan M. Padios is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40198636404851,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4d81bc30-d985-46ba-8b17-1e4048af37d3.jpg?v=1656079714","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-nation-on-the-line-call-centers-as-postcolonial-predicaments-in-the-philippines-9780822370598","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}