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...
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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 traffick
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 James Joyce's "Eveline" and the Emergence of Global Sex Trafficking; 3 Therese Park's A Gift of the Emperor and the Military; 4 Mahasweta Devi's "Douloti the Bountiful" and the Government; 5 Amma Darko's Beyond the Horizon, Chris Abani's Becoming Abigail and the Law; 6 Roberto Bolaño's 2666 and Transnational Capital; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
