Denise Brennan

Life Interrupted

Trafficking into Forced Labor in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

Having spent nearly a decade following the lives of formerly trafficked men and women, Denise Brennan recounts in close detail their flight from their abusers and their courageous efforts to rebuild their lives. Life Interrupted is a riveting account of life in and after trafficking and a forceful call for meaningful immigration and labor reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780822356240
• ISBN-10: 0822356244
• Artikelnr.: 39344901

Autorenporträt

Denise Brennan

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Starting Over 1
Part I. The Assault on Workers 35
1. Dangerous Labor: Migrant Workers and Sex Workers 37
2. Chains of Fear: The Subjectivity of Coercion 75
Part II. Life after Forced Labor 113
3. Imagining the Possible: Creating Home 115
4. Living the Possible: Settling into Home 145
5. Laboring after Forced Labor 163
Closing Comments 185
Appendix. Ideas and Resources for Action 193
Notes 199
References 243
Index 273