The Jewish White Slave Trade and the Untold Story of Raquel Liberman / Edition 1

by Nora Glickman

Overview

This book recounts the events involving Raquel Liberman, an impoverished immigrant to Argentina that was forced by circumstances into prostitution, and the powerful Zwi Migdal, which controlled the recruitment and deployment of Jewish prostitutes in Argentina while maintaining mutually profitable relations with corrupt politicians and policemen. Liberman's story is presented as an example of individual courage and determination in the face of the violence and corruption of the prostitution business. Her struggle with the Zwi Migdal and triumphant public victory over her oppressors was widely publicized in newspapers and magazines, and was a political cause celebre in its time. This book gives readers an intimate view of how the affair caught the public imagination, and was interpreted and transformed by the artistic imagination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815333005
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/1999
Series:	Latin American Studies , #14
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1300L (what's this?)

About the Author

Authored by Glickman, Nora

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Jewish White Slave Trade; Chapter 2 The Jewish White Slave Trade in Literature; Chapter 3 Raquel Liberman; Chapter 4 Documentation; Chapter 5 Correspondence; Chapter 6 Photographs;