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2013 Outstanding Book Award Winner from the Division of International Criminology, American Society of CriminologyEvery year, thousands of Chinese women travel to Asia and the United States in orde...
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  • 17 September 2012
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2013 Outstanding Book Award Winner from the Division of International Criminology, American Society of Criminology



Every year, thousands of Chinese women travel to Asia and the United States in order to engage in commercial sex work. In Selling Sex Overseas, Ko-lin Chin and James Finckenauer challenge the current sex trafficking paradigm that considers all sex workers as victims, or sexual slaves, and as unwilling participants in the world of commercial sex. Bringing to life an on-the-ground portrait of this usually hidden world, Chin and Finckenauer provide a detailed look at all of its participants: sex workers, pimps, agents, mommies, escort agency owners, brothel owners, and drivers. Ultimately, they probe the social, economic, and political organization of prostitution and sex trafficking, contradicting many of the ‘moral crusaders’ of the human trafficking world.

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Price: $32.00
Publisher: NYU Press
Imprint: NYU Press
Publication Date: 17 September 2012
ISBN: 9780814763810
Format: eBook
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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In recent times some scholars have begun to question some commonly held beliefs on the relation between sex trafficking and prostitution. Along this path of inquiry, Selling Sex Overseas: Chinese Women and the Realities of Prostitution and Global Sex Trafficking is a meaningful and interesting contribution, which challenges the conventional wisdom about sex trafficking that guides national and international regulatory frameworks. [] The book will certainly be of interest to readers of this Journal. It is well written and suitable to both an experienced and non-specialist audience. It should be valuable not only to scholars in the fields of criminology, sociology, and gender studies, but also to all those interested in the complex relation between sex trafficking and prostitution such as policy-makers and social activists.