Sex Slaves and Discourse Masters
Subtitle: The Construction of Trafficking
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: July 6, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781848134140
Subjects: Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Sociology; Nonfiction -- Women's Studies -- Feminist Theory
Description: 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.