Description
Book SynopsisHow images of sex trafficking produce notions of race, sex, and citizenship
Trade Review"Julietta Hua provides a fresh, vital account of the fundamental pitfalls of human rights policy. This is an engaging and provocative book that frames important questions in productive and generative ways. It is a beautiful example of how sophisticated, interdisciplinary analysis can push our thinking and our actions towards true social justice. And, as this book attests, it is never easy." —Lisa Sun-Hee Park, author of Consuming Citizenship: Children of Asian Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Legal Stakes of Human Trafficking
1. Universalism and the Conceptual Limits to Human Rights
2. Speaking Subjects, Classifying Consent: Narrating Sexual Violence and Morality through Law
3. Front Page News: Writing Stories of Victimization and Rescue
4. Seeing Race and Sexuality: Origin Stories and Public Images of Trafficking
5. Refiguring Slavery: Constructing the United States as a Racial Exception
Conclusion: Considering the Transnational in Feminist Actions
Notes
Index
