Challenging the Human Trafficking Narrative: Victims, Villains, and Heroes

ISBN-13: 9781138858978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 170 str.

Erin O'Brien

Opis

Stories of human trafficking have been prolific in public forums in recent decades and have proved immensely powerful, captivating the public's attention, and spurring political leaders to act with the establishment of international conventions and national legislation. The problem with these stories is not that they are untrue, but that they offer a limited narrative that stifles other stories, and fails to give the whole picture of human trafficking. This book deconstructs stories of human trafficking that dominate public discourse, revealing the political, social and cultural assumptions that underpin the central trafficking narrative.
This book moves beyond a repetition of stories of trafficking and offers an extensive deconstruction of not only the stories themselves, but the political implications of the chosen narrative. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate the dangers inherent in failing to understand the complexities of the trafficking problem, and emphasise implications for policy-making in relying on simplistic, uncritiqued narratives.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Narrative Code,  2. Telling Trafficking Stories,  3. From Sex Slaves to Migrant Men,  4. Ideal and Invisible Victims,  5. Pimps, Johns, and Mobsters,  6. Heroic Consumers,  7. Everyday Activists and Action Heroes,  8. Government Heroes and Villains,  9. Conclusion: Narrative Evolution

O autorze

Erin O’Brien is Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Dr O’Brien’s current research examines political activism and policy making on irregular migration, labour exploitation, and sex work. She is the author of The Politics of Sex Trafficking, and co-editor of Crime, Justice, and Social Democracy.