Brides, Maids, and Prostitutes: Reflections on the Study of 'Trafficked' Women

This essay critically examines the blurred boundaries – or the analytical shadow lines – in scholarly and popular conceptualizations of Asian women migrants. I ask what women who migrate from the global South to the North as maids, brides, or sex workers have in common? How important are the commona...

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Main Author: Nicole Constable
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2006-09-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
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Online Access:http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/164