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almahu_9949546564602882
Format:
1 online resource (318 p.)
ISBN:
9780520381780
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9783110993899
Series Statement:
New Sexual Worlds ; 1
Content:
We are living in a time of great panic about "sex trafficking"-an idea whose meaning has been expanded beyond any real usefulness by evangelicals, conspiracy theorists, anti-prostitution feminists, and politicians with their own agendas. This is especially visible during events like the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games when claims circulate that as many as 40,000 women and girls will be sex trafficked. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Brazil as well as interviews with sex workers, policymakers, missionaries, and activists in Russia, Qatar, Japan, the UK, and South Africa, Gregory Mitchell shows that despite such baseless statistical claims, sex trafficking never increases as a result of these events. However, police violence against sex workers always does. While advocates have long decried this myth, Mitchell follows the discourse across host countries to ask why this panic so easily embeds during these mega-events. What fears animate it? Who profits? He charts the move of sex trafficking into the realm of the spectacular-street protests, awareness-raising campaigns, telenovelas, social media, and celebrity spokespeople-where it spreads across borders. This trend is dangerous because these events happen in moments of nationalist fervor, in which fears of foreigners and migrants are heightened and easily exploited, to frightening ends.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Figures --
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Preface --
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Acronyms --
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FIFA Men's World Cup and Summer Olympics Hosts (2000-2028) --
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Introduction: The Myth of the 40,000 Missing Girls --
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1. Sex Trafficking Discourse as White Supremacy --
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2. Panic at the Gringo --
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3. Fallacious Spectacles and the Celebrification of Sex Trafficking --
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4. Eat-Pray-Labor --
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5. Let Come the Whore Assemblage --
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Epilogue --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Education, Psychology, Comm 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993950
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EBOOK PACKAGE Education, Psychology, Communication 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994186
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University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766493
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520381766
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520381780
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520381780?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520381780
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