Summary
Laura María Agustín's trenchant and controversial critique of the anti-trafficlang crusade goes a step further: it lays out the matter - in this case, "human trafficking" - on the operating table, dissects it, unravels its innards, and shows the reader, in gory, sometimes eye-watering detail, why everything we think about it is Wrong with a capital W. It's a jarring read; I imagine that those who make a living from campaigning against the scourge of human trafficking will throw it violently across the room, if not into an incinerator. Agustín points out that some anti-trafficking activists depend on numbers produced by the CIA (not normally considered a reliable or neutral font of information when it comes to international issues), even though the CIA refuses to "divulge its research methods".
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The Myth of Trafficking
The myth of trafficking * Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry, Laura María Agustín, Zed Books, 224pp, £16.99
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