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• 1. [Article] Money That Burns Like Oil: A Sri Lankan Cultural Logic of Morality and Agency

  New labor opportunities have drawn Sri Lankan women to work as domestic servants in the Middle East. Many migrants complain that their remittances "burn like oil," disappearing without a trace. The gendered ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Money That Burns Like Oil: A Sri Lankan Cultural Logic of Morality and Agency Author: Gamburd, Michele Ruth Year: 2004 New labor opportunities have drawn Sri Lankan women to work as domestic servants in the Middle East. Many migrants complain that their remittances "burn like oil," disappearing without a trace. The gendered discourse on burning remittances both draws on and contradicts an older cultural system that fetishizes money. The emerging logic provides symbolic resources for women to spend their remittances on advancements for the nuclear family, distancing themselves from other kin. (Migration, remittances, fetishism, Sri Lanka, Middle East) Title: Money That Burns Like Oil: A Sri Lankan Cultural Logic of Morality and Agency Author: Gamburd, Michele Ruth Year: 2004 New labor opportunities have drawn Sri Lankan women to work as domestic servants in the Middle East. Many migrants complain that their remittances "burn like oil," disappearing without a trace. The gendered discourse on burning remittances both draws on and contradicts an older cultural system that fetishizes money. The emerging logic provides symbolic resources for women to spend their remittances on advancements for the nuclear family, distancing themselves from other kin. (Migration, remittances, fetishism, Sri Lanka, Middle East) Close