Ebook: Representations of Transnational Human Trafficking
Author: Christiana Gregoriou
- Tags: Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Trafficking, Language and Literature, Corpus Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Media and Communication
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Language: English
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This open access edited collection examines representations of human trafficking in media ranging from British and Serbian newspapers, British and Scandinavian crime novels, and a documentary series, and questions the extent to which these portrayals reflect the realities of trafficking. It tackles the problematic tendency to under-report particular types of victim and forms of trafficking, and seeks to explore both dominant and marginalised points of view. The authors take a cross-disciplinary approach, utilising analytical tools from across the humanities and social sciences, including linguistics, literary and media studies, and cultural criminology. It will appeal to students, academics and policy-makers with an interest in human trafficking and its depiction in the modern day.