Encoding Race, Encoding Class

"What stands out in her well-crafted and thoroughly researched ethnography is how various notions of Indianness ... permeate the transnational/Germany workplace and how it is interpreted, negotiated, and occasionally also appropriated. Drawing on a vast array of representations of Indian IT professionals in German media and elsewhere, Amrute's analysis ... provides insight on a changing world." -- Michiel Baas * Economic and Political Weekly *
"A riveting ethnography of the personal and professional lives of short-term Indian IT workers in Berlin, Germany. . . . This book has a wide potential audience, and is essential reading for scholars interested in transnational migration and labour, neoliberal knowledge economies, as well as contemporary South Asia and its diasporas." -- Anar Parikh * Social Anthropology *
"The expressiveness of Amrute's prose allows what are admittedly complex ideas to become engaging and accessible. This, combined with the strength of her description and the evident timeliness of her subject matter, make Encoding Race, Encoding Class a remarkably flexible text for teaching. It is an ethnography that will work as well in an undergraduate class as a graduate seminar, since it has the clarity and rigor for both." -- Alisha Wilkinson & Meg Stalcup * Savage Minds *
"A fascinating study that is both informative and narratively compelling. Situated in the era of digital globalization, this complex ethnographic project makes a major contribution to European anthropology and pushes forward the insights of critical race theory, international migration studies, and the sociocultural dimensions of science and technology." -- Uli Linke * Anthropos *
"Extremely timely. . . . The book's theoretical grounding is convincing and compels the reader to grapple with the contradictions in the Indian IT worker's world. . . . Amrute expertly weaves race into her analyses." -- Chitra Akkoor * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *