Brennan Life Interrupted

Trafficking into Forced Labor in the United States
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7691-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Having spent nearly a decade following the lives of formerly trafficked men and women, Denise Brennan recounts in close detail their flight from their abusers and their courageous efforts to rebuild their lives. Life Interrupted is a riveting account of life in and after trafficking and a forceful call for meaningful immigration and labor reform.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brennan, Denise

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. Starting Over 1

Part I. The Assault on Workers 35

1. Dangerous Labor: Migrant Workers and Sex Workers 37

2. Chains of Fear: The Subjectivity of Coercion 75

Part II. Life after Forced Labor 113

3. Imagining the Possible: Creating Home 115

4. Living the Possible: Settling into Home 145

5. Laboring after Forced Labor 163

Closing Comments 185

Appendix. Ideas and Resources for Action 193

Notes 199

References 243

Index 273

Über Autor(innen)

Denise Brennan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Georgetown University. She is the author of What's Love Got to Do with It? Transnational Desires and Sex Tourism in the Dominican Republic, also published by Duke University Press.