Female labor in sex trafficking: A darker side of globalization

A Companion to Feminist Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 166-178

  Samarasinghe, Vidyamali ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female labor; Globalization; Sex trafficking; Socialization of reproductive labor; Stigma of prostitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750094013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996898.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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