How do the Sri Lankan migrant housemaids studied by Michele Gamburd, conform to AND resist structures of power and inequality in their relationships with (a) the immigration bureaucracy, (b) moneylenders, (c) employers in the Middle East and (d) families (extended and nuclear – particularly, their husbands)? Keep in mind that these women are situated by gender, class and caste.
Sri Lankan migrant housemaids
August 3rd, 2017 admin