Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Elena Shih…makes an important contribution to critical studies of anti-trafficking. . . . an insightful read for criminology and sociology students and instructors interested in a critical approach to anti-trafficking activism." * Journal of Human Trafficking *
"An important contribution to the scholarship on human trafficking,
Manufacturing Freedom reveals how market-based, anti-trafficking movements bolster the US empire and white supremacy, China’s authoritarian state power, and Thailand’s global market supremacy. . . . Highly recommended." * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
Introduction: The Slave-Free Good
1. The Business of Rehab: Ethical Consumption, Social Enterprise, and the Myth of
Vocational Training
2. Manufacturing Freedom: Racialized Redemptive Labor and Sex Work
3. Bad Rehab: House Moms, Shelters, and Maternalist Rehabilitation
4. Trafficking Benevolent Authoritarianism in China
5. Vigilante Humanitarianism in Thailand
6. Quitting Rehab: The Promises and Betrayals of Freedom
Conclusion: Redistribution and Possibilities for Global Justice
Acknowledgments
Methodological Appendix: The Embodied Currencies and Debts of Global Feminist Fieldwork
Notes
References
Index
