Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights / Edition 2

by Kamala Kempadoo, Jyoti Sanghera, Bandana Pattanaik

Overview

Since the 2005 publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered, human trafficking has become virtually a household phrase. This new edition adds vitally important updates related to recent developments. A new introduction considers the term 'sex trafficking' and its growing use amongst feminist researchers. In a new chapter Ratna Kapur looks at changes in anti-trafficking legislation especially under the Obama administration. Jyoti Sanghera reports from her experience as a UN Human Rights commissioner and Bandana Pattanaik examines feminist participatory research on 'trafficking'. The book concludes with a list of relevant websites, organisations, and publications useful for students, researchers, and activists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594519888
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kamala Kempadoo, Jyoti Sanghera, Bandana, Pattanaik

Table of Contents

Part I Shifting Paradigms; Chapter 1 Unpacking the Trafficking Discourse, Jyoti Sanghera; Chapter 2 Cross-border Movements and the Law, Ratna Kapur; Chapter 3 Miles Away, Phil Marshall, Susu Thatun; Chapter 4 Reflections by an Anti-trafficking Activist, Lin Chew; Part II Complicating the “Problem” of Sex Work; Chapter 5 From Anti-trafficking to Social Discipline, Josephine Ho; Chapter 6 Trafficking in Lives, Melissa Ditmore; Chapter 7 The Myth of Nepal-to-India Sex Trafficking, John Frederick; Chapter 8 Sex Workers’ Rights Organizations and Anti-trafficking Campaigns, Kamala Kempadoo; Part III Reports from the Field; Chapter 9 Migration, Trafficking, and Sites of Work, Jagori; Chapter 10 Feminist Participatory Action Research in the Mekong Region, Jan Boontinand; Chapter 11 Using a Dynamic, Interactive, and Participatory Process to Develop and Redefine the Human Trafficking Paradigm in Bangladesh, Aftab Ahmed; Chapter 12 Trafficked Persons or Economic Migrants?, Natasha Ahmad; Part IV Looking Back, Looking Forward; Chapter 13 Revisiting Feminist Participatory Action Research, Rebecca Napier-Moore; Chapter 14 The Anti-trafficking Juggernaut Rolls On, Kamala Kempadoo;

Editorial Reviews

"The unique contribution of this set of essays is to startle us into looking at the sensationalized problem of 'sex trafficking' in a radically different way. Kamala Kempadoo and her colleagues explode a number of myths and broaden our view to see the problem of sexual exploitation in the larger context of a global capitalism based on forced labor. The writers not only give us a critique of superficial approaches to sexual labor, but point the way to a deeper understanding based on human rights."
—Howard Zinn

"This reflective volume provides a much-needed evaluation of one of the most volatile intersections of contemporary social issues: human trafficking, sex work, and human rights. The impressive array of contributors offers a sharp critique of mainstream trafficking frameworks which all too often end up re-victimizing those vulnerable individuals who are caught in global forced labor schemes and endure unsafe migration experiences. The authors identify 'the harm' done to female migrants by punitive immigration policies in the developed nations, corporate interests, and moralistic anti-prostitution initiatives led by conservatives in the Bush administration. By situating their analyses 'from below,' the authors foster 'a new agenda for humanity.'"
—Nancie Caraway, Director, Women's Human Rights Project, Globalization Research Center, University of Hawai'i-Manoa

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