Day, Sophie E.. 2010. The re-emergence of ‘trafficking’: sex work between slavery and freedom. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16(4), pp. 816-834. ISSN 13590987 [Article]

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Activists find that sex work is considered a less legitimate occupation today than it was in the 1980s
and early 1990s. They now confront representations of sex workers as victims, sold and bought
across national borders and reduced to the status of things. In this climate, labour rights seem
irrelevant. Recent shifts in the language of consent and compulsion in the UK are explored in the
light of historical parallels in order to suggest a general ambivalence towards all forms of work. Is it
possible to experience freedom or only subjugation at work? What is the role of gender in
differentiating these polar opposites?

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01655.x
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology Research Office > REF2014
Dates:	Date Event 2010 Published
Item ID:	4843
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2011 12:12
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2017 11:11
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/4843

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