Binding: Paperback
Description: Slavery is not a crime confined to the far reaches of history. It is an injustice that continues to entrap twenty - seven million people across the globe. Laura Murphy offers close to forty survivor narratives from Cambodia Ghana Lebanon Macedonia Mexico Russia Thailand Ukraine and the United States detailing the horrors of a system that forces people to work without pay and against their will under the threat of violence with little or no means of escape. Representing a variety of circumstances in diverse contexts these survivors are the Frederick Douglasses Sojourner Truths and Olaudah Equianos of our time testifying to the widespread existence of a human rights tragedy and the urgent need to address it. Through storytelling and firsthand testimony this anthology shapes a twenty - first - century narrative that many believe died with the end of slavery in the Americas. Organized around such issues as the need for work the punishment of defiance and the move toward activism the collection isolates the causes mechanisms and responses to slavery that allow the phenomenon to endure. Enhancing scholarship in women's studies sociology criminology law social work and literary studies the text establishes a common trajectory of vulnerability enslavement captivity escape and recovery creating an invaluable resource for activists scholars legislators and service providers.
Title: Survivors Of Slavery Modern - Day Slave Narratives
Author(s): Murphy Laura
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Barcode: 9780231164238
Pages: 344 Pages
Publication Date: 3/25/2014
Category: Sociology & Anthropology