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Transnational Migration, the Lost Girls of Sudan and Global “Care work”: A Photo Essay
Author(s) -
DeLuca Laura
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anthropology of work review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.151
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1548-1417
pISSN - 0883-024X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2009.01010.x
Subject(s) - refugee , care work , work (physics) , domestic work , gender studies , child care , sociology , service (business) , economic growth , political science , nursing , medicine , economy , economics , engineering , law , mechanical engineering
This essay explores the work lives of a group of Sudanese refugees known popularly as the Lost Girls of Sudan. Like other women from the Global South, the Lost Girls often work in the care work sector as maids, babysitters, nannies, preschool attendants, food service workers, nurses, personal care attendants for elderly and disabled people. The article also explores the U.S. refugee policy of self‐sufficiency.