| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 167 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; 59
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Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; 59.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-163) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the silent point of globalization -- Bio-power and subjectivation in the globalized world economy of sex -- Sexscapes of globalization : constructions of subject and abject positions in landscapes of globalization -- Narratives of embodied globalization of Russian prostitutes working in the erotic clubs in Helsinki : reflections on one night in Helsinki from the position of a whore, a client, and a researcher -- Sounds of silence in Lapland : narratives of trafficking in women across Finnish-Russian and Norwegian borders -- "The land of perverts" : domain of subjectivity from the position of an abject to the global village : narratives of foreign erotic dancers in Finland -- Conclusions : narratives of corporeal politics. |
| Summary |
Globalization has been traditionally interpreted as a phenomenon that takes place at the macro level and is determined by states and markets. This volume takes a different approach to understanding globalization, showing how through the global sex trade, globalization is embodied and enacted by individuals. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human trafficking.
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Human trafficking. |
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Prostitution -- Finland.
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Prostitution. |
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Finland. |
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Globalization -- Social aspects.
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Globalization -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Female prostitution. |
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Prostitution. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Penttinen, Elina. Globalization, prostitution and sex-trafficking. London ; New York : Routledge, ©2008 9780415420990 0415420997 (DLC) 2007003799 (OCoLC)82367747 |
| ISBN |
9780203945421 (electronic book) |
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0203945425 (electronic book) |
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9786610954858 |
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6610954852 |
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9780415420990 |
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0415420997 |
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0415420997 (Cloth) |
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