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vii Acknowledgments My inspiration to work on this project came from teaching a graduate seminar, “Gender and Globalization,” at New York University. The stimulating discussions with my students about gender and sexuality spanned intertwined contexts of war, migration, neoliberal shifts, labor, technology, and media flows. My undergraduate students in the course “Gender, Sex, and the Global” kept me engaged with news items about the intersections of globalization and gender, whether it was the controversy about the veil, legislating sexuality in various parts of the globe, sex trafficking, or changes in immigration law. The questions from my students have been central to my commitment to understanding globalization from the lived practices of the everyday. Conversations with Angharad Valdivia, Sujata Moorty, and Radhika Parameswaran about feminist research and globalization at various conferences were significant in the development of this book. Angharad Valdivia’s enthusiastic support of this endeavor encouraged me to get moving on this project. Thanks to David Morley for his input and comments on earlier iterations of this project. I offer my deepest thanks to the contributors who worked with me in record time and persevered with patience through the process. Their scholarship opens up a conversation across multiple locales and themes. Thank you for your involvement and partnership on this project. I greatly appreciate the collegial environment offered by the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. In particular, I wish to express my gratitude to my colleagues Deborah Borisoff, Allen Feldman, JoEllen Fisherkeller, and Arvind Rajagopal for their friendship and intellectual support. To Helen Nissenbaum, my friend and colleague, very special thanks for motivating me to adhere to my writing schedule and deadlines. To Robert Wosnitzer , my thanks for providing me a constant flow of books, articles, images, and ideas. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan has been a source of inspiration, and I extend my thanks for her support and interest in this project. In Chennai, India, where I spent my sabbatical and did most of the work for this book, I would like to acknowledge the support of my sisters, Sudha Ramesh and Rajini Balachandran. Thanks to my friend Nirmala Lakshman, who readily provided help and logistical assistance during my time in India. To Nirupama Shree Hegde, for her keen editorial eye and sense of humor, a very special thank you. And Krishna, thanks for everything. viii Acknowledgments Courtney Wolf was a skillful research assistant and worked with me across time zones. I am very grateful to Amanda Vega, who brought her amazing efficiency and sense of organization to the book on its final path to completion. My thanks to Jaclyn Rohel for her editorial assistance and being ever so generous with her time. My thanks to Kent Ono and Sarah Banet-Weiser, the series editors, for their invaluable guidance and positive response to the intellectual goals of this project. I thank the reviewers for their sharp and astute comments. To Eric Zinner and Ciara McLaughlin at NYU Press, I extend my thanks and appreciation for their encouragement, advice, and support throughout the process of working on this book. ...

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