Sex trafficking in postcolonial literature
Subtitle: transnational narratives from Joyce to Bolaño
By: Laura Barberán Reinares
Series: Routledge research in postcolonial literatures -- 51
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781138782686; 9781315768939
Subjects: Fiction; History and criticism; Postcolonialism in literature; Human trafficking in literature; Prostitutes in literature; Postcolonialism; Human trafficking; Prostitution; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Description: "At present, the bulk of the existing research on sex trafficking originates in the social sciences. Sex Trafficking in Postcolonial Literature adds an original perspective on this issue by examining representations of sex trafficking in postcolonial literature.This book is a sustained interdisciplinary study bridging postcolonial literature, in English and Spanish, and sex trafficking, as analyzed through literary theory, anthropology, sociology, history, trauma theory, journalism, and globalization studies. It encompasses postcolonial theory and literature's aesthetic analysis of sex trafficking together with research from social sciences, psychology, anthropology, and economics with the intention of offering a comprehensive analysis of the topic beyond the type of Orientalist discourse so prevalent in the media. This is an important and innovative resource for scholars in literature, postcolonial studies, gender studies, human rights and global justice. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index.