1st Edition
Sex Trafficking in Southeast Asia A History of Desire, Duty, and Debt
By Trude Jacobsen
Copyright 2017
152 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
152 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
152 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book brings an important new perspective to the study of sex trafficking by considering the different types of social contracts which existed in the past that had sexual labour or activity as an inherent component. It outlines the nature of these social institutions – marriage, temporary marriage, debt bondage, and slavery – which were recognized in local law, carried no stigma, and endured... Read more
Introduction
1. Sexual Contracts
2. Presumptive Permanence
3. “Other” Women
4. Slavery and Sexual Labour
5. Diligent Daughters
6. Geographies of Desire, Duty and Debt
Conclusion
Biography
Trude Jacobsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA.
