Sex Trafficking in Southeast Asia: A History of Desire, Duty, and Debt

by Trude Jacobsen

Book Overview

This book brings an important new perspective to the study of sex trafficking by considering the different types of social contracts which existed in the past that had sexual labour or activity as an inherent component. It outlines the nature of these social institutions - marriage, temporary marriage, debt bondage, and slavery - which were recognized in local law, carried no stigma, and endured for long periods. It discusses how labour pledged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138683078
• ISBN13: 9781138683075
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.8"