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The history of human beings bought and sold, forced into lives of abject servitude or sexual slavery, is a story as old as civilization and yet still of global concern today. How this story is told, Julietta Hua argues, says much about our cultural beliefs. Through a critical inquiry into representa...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hua, Julietta (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Human trafficking.
Human rights.
Women's rights.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Feminism.
Traite des êtres humains.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Femmes > Droits.
Féminisme.
feminism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Feminism
Human rights
Human trafficking
Women's rights
People trafficking
Women
United States
Slavery
Prostitution
Legislation
Overseas item
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The history of human beings bought and sold, forced into lives of abject servitude or sexual slavery, is a story as old as civilization and yet still of global concern today. How this story is told, Julietta Hua argues, says much about our cultural beliefs. Through a critical inquiry into representations of human trafficking, she reveals the political, social, and cultural strains underlying our current preoccupation with this issue and the difficulty of framing human rights in universal terms. In "Trafficking Women's Human Rights," Hua maps the ways in which government, media, and s.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 152 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816678372
0816678375
9781452946375
145294637X

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