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AuthorJ. Davies
Title'My Name Is Not Natasha' How Albanian Women in France Use Trafficking to Overcome Social Exclusion (1998-2001)
PublisherAUP
PlaceAmsterdam
Title seriesIMISCOE Dissertations Series
Year2009
Pages348
ISBN9789053567074
Institute/dept.SCMR - Sussex Centre for Migration Research
KeywordsComparative theory/case studies; Discrimination/racism/exclusion; Gender; Illegal/irregular migration
AbstractThis book challenges every common presumption that exists about the trafficking of women for the sex trade. It is a detailed account of an entire population of trafficked Albanian women whose varied experiences, including selling sex on the streets of France, clearly demonstrate how much the present discourse about trafficked women is misplaced and inadequate. The book clearly shows how peripheral involvement in sex work was to the real agenda of the women involved. Most of the women described in this book were not making economic decisions to escape desperate poverty nor were they the uneducated naïve entrapped into sexual slavery. The women’s success in transiting trafficking to achieve their own goals without the assistance of any outside agency is a testimony to their resilience and resolve.
Document typeBook
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