'Reproachable victims'? representations and self-representations of russian women involved in transnational prostitution

Ethnos

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-212

  Jacobsen, Christine M ^a   Skilbrei, May Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Female migration; Person self; Trafficking; Transnational prostitution; Victimhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954170144     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141841003764013     Document Type: Article

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