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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- About the Author; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Introduction: Positioning trafficking in women; 1 White slavery and trafficking as political myth; 2 The construction of innocence and the spectre of chaos; 3 Metaphorical innocence: white slavery in America; 4 'Prevent, protect and punish'; 5 Now you see her, now you don't: consent, sex workers and the Human Rights Caucus; 6 Towards a reinscription of myth; Notes; Primary sources; Works cited; Index.