Contemporary migrant labor contracts structurally echo nineteenth-century indenture

Evidence

In chapter 4, I also compare contemporary labor migration with that of indentured labor of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century both to describe the processes of exploitation in these labor diasporas and to argue for an alternate conceptualization of the transnational labor market. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 81 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

It has been suggested that the colonial indenture period should be understood as separate and distinct from postcolonial South Asian migration (Ghosh 1989; Mishra 1996). I argue, in contrast, that through the logic of formal and informal markets, the conditions of contemporary transnational contract-labor migration parallel those of colonial indenture. As Vijay Mishra argues the distinction between diasporas of exclusion grounded in hierarchies of domination under imperial and colonial control and diasporas of border that are emblematic of the cultural politics of hybridity in the postcolonial era (Mishra 1996, 2006) is an important historical device to separate these two periods based on the di√erences in systems of power and formation of diasporic identity. However, it also obscures some of the present historical connections and continuities. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 462 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: J-1 cultural exchange visas supplied indentured student labor to major US logistics firms — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 402; Contemporary labor migration parallels nineteenth-century indentured labor in exploitation — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 81; Contemporary transnational contract labor parallels colonial indenture through market logic — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 462 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Contemporary labor migration parallels nineteenth-century indentured labor in exploitation #corroborates (0.95) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 81
• Contemporary transnational contract labor parallels colonial indenture through market logic #corroborates (0.92) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 462