Sophia Balakian
Biographic Data
| ID | 3639019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophia Balakian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophia |
| FAMILY NAME | Balakian |
| SIGNATURE | BALAKIAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Precarious motherhood
Rachel Benchekroun’s book, Precarious Motherhood: Navigating Relationships and Support Post-Migration in the UK, charts the complexity of social relationships amidst the grinding insecurity of life...
Working on resettlement
Of aunts and mothers
People living as refugees in Kenya have often reconstituted families and households in the wake of violence and displacement. Aunts and other kin act as primary caregivers for children who are orphaned or separated from biogenetic parents. Yet, state and non-governmental bureaucracies that manage refugee resettlement use the biogenetic, nuclear family as a standard for resettlement and family reunification. People whose networks of social care ex…
Campus Policing
Money Is Your Government
During a 2014 security operation in Kenya known as Operation Usalama Watch, Somali refugees spoke of money as their only valid ID, knowing that only cash, in contrast to identity documents, would be accepted by police and military. The article argues that such extortion should not be interpreted uncategorically as an example of refugees' exclusion from state-derived citizenship rights. Rather, by paying bribes to resist forced removal from Nairob…
Poems
The Promise and The Lost City of Z
Through a mutual interview exchange, the authors reflect on two recent commercial films - The Promise and The Lost City of Z. The films deal with the Armenian genocide and British exploration of the Amazon, respectively, both chronicling events that took place in the early twentieth century. The authors' inquiries address questions of diasporic imperialism through film, Othering, violence, and the US movie industry. While differing in their readi…
Money Is Your Government
During a 2014 security operation in Kenya known as Operation Usalama Watch, Somali refugees spoke of money as their only valid ID, knowing that only cash, in contrast to identity documents, would be accepted by police and military. The article argues that such extortion should not be interpreted uncategorically as an example of refugees' exclusion from state-derived citizenship rights. Rather, by paying bribes to resist forced removal from Nairob…
Working on resettlement
The Promise and The Lost City of Z
Through a mutual interview exchange, the authors reflect on two recent commercial films - The Promise and The Lost City of Z. The films deal with the Armenian genocide and British exploration of the Amazon, respectively, both chronicling events that took place in the early twentieth century. The authors' inquiries address questions of diasporic imperialism through film, Othering, violence, and the US movie industry. While differing in their readi…
Poems
Campus Policing
Money Is Your Government
During a 2014 security operation in Kenya known as Operation Usalama Watch, Somali refugees spoke of money as their only valid ID, knowing that only cash, in contrast to identity documents, would be accepted by police and military. The article argues that such extortion should not be interpreted uncategorically as an example of refugees' exclusion from state-derived citizenship rights. Rather, by paying bribes to resist forced removal from Nairob…
Of aunts and mothers
People living as refugees in Kenya have often reconstituted families and households in the wake of violence and displacement. Aunts and other kin act as primary caregivers for children who are orphaned or separated from biogenetic parents. Yet, state and non-governmental bureaucracies that manage refugee resettlement use the biogenetic, nuclear family as a standard for resettlement and family reunification. People whose networks of social care ex…
Working on resettlement
Precarious motherhood
Rachel Benchekroun’s book, Precarious Motherhood: Navigating Relationships and Support Post-Migration in the UK, charts the complexity of social relationships amidst the grinding insecurity of life...
Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Refugee (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)