[Fosme] New article: The Control of “Wandering Women:” The Legacy of Vagrancy Laws in the Contemporary Governance of Migrant Sex Work

Hi all, Just wanted to let you know that my new article on the legacy of vagrancy laws and their notions of honest labor in the contemporary governance of sex work is out. I use mostly Sweden here as a case study so it might interest you. Here is the link, it is open access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-024-09803-2 [https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/cover-hires/journal/1… The Control of “Wandering Women:” The Legacy of Vagrancy Laws in the Contemporary Governance of Migrant Sex Work<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-024-09803-2> This paper traces the contemporary governance of migrant sex work to early vagrancy laws aimed at controlling poor mobile populations and people not engaging in ‘honest’ labor. The paper argues that these notions of dishonest labor are still visible in the contemporary crimmigration controls. It uses a legal analysis of the development of prostitution and immigration laws together with ... link.springer.com I am also interested in your possible comments on the paper (critical as well!). My best, Niina Niina Vuolajarvi PhD Assistant Professor in International Migration London School of Economics and Political Science Tel. +44 7587515167 (UK) / +1-631-746-1716 (US) / +358-44-554-3323 (Europe) Website: https://vuolajarvi.weebly.com/ Pronouns: she, her, hers Vuolajärvi, N. (2023) "The Discipline of Hope. Abolishing the Prison of Immobility in Post-Deportation Narratives.<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2023.2… Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Vuolajärvi N. (2022) Criminalizing the Sex Buyer. Experiences from the Nordic Region<https://www.lse.ac.uk/women-peace-security/assets/documents/2022/W922-0152-WPS-Policy-Paper-6-singles.pdf>. LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security. Vuolajärvi, N. (2019) "<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-018-0338-9>Governing in the Name of Caring: Nordic Model of Prostitution and Its Punitive Consequences for Migrants Who Sell Sex."<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-018-0338-9&g… <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-018-0338-9> Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Vuolajärvi, N. (2018) "Precarious Intimacies: Europeanized Border Regime and Migrant Sex Work."<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2018.14… <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1430558?journalCode=cjms20> Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.