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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817704503321

Autore

Limoncelli Stephanie A

Titolo

The politics of trafficking : the first international movement to combat the sexual exploitation of women / / Stephanie A. Limoncelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8047-7417-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/62

Soggetti

Human trafficking - Europe - Prevention - History

Prostitution - Europe - History

Women - Crimes against - Europe - Prevention - History

Social movements - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Internationalization of Prostitution and Emergence of the Traffic; 3. Constructing the Traffic as an International Social Problem; 4. Reforming Regulation and Nationalizing Prostitution; 5. International Abolitionist Federation Reformers and the Dutch Movement; 6. International Bureau Reformers and the French Movement; 7. Italy's State-Driven Movement; 8. The Politics of Trafficking; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work reveals how the first international movement to combat the traffic in women struggled to achieve its goal of protecting women due to conflicts among reformers and the presumed necessity of women's sexual labor for nation-state and empire-building.