Sex slaves and discourse masters : the construction of trafficking /
Why is the international community so concerned with the fate of prostitutes? And why does the story of trafficking sound so familiar? In this pioneering work, Jo Doezema argues that the current concern with trafficking in women is a modern manifestation of the myth of white slavery. Combining histo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York : New York :
Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Why is the international community so concerned with the fate of prostitutes? And why does the story of trafficking sound so familiar? In this pioneering work, Jo Doezema argues that the current concern with trafficking in women is a modern manifestation of the myth of white slavery. Combining historical analysis with contemporary investigation, Sex Slaves and Discourse Masters examines in detail sex worker reactions to the myth of trafficking, questions the current feminist preoccupation with the 'suffering female body' and argues that feminism needs to move towards the creation of new myths. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-209) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781848134157 1848134150 1848138415 9781848138414 1282659138 9781282659131 9786612659133 6612659130 |