[Rezension von: Zimmerman, Yvonne C., Other dreams of freedom]
Yvonne C. Zimmerman's thesis is that the United States' federal antihuman trafficking policies are premised on Protestant Christian conceptions of freedom, gender, and morality, and that this religious grounding is problematic theoretically and practically, as it limits victims' auton...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 177-179 |
| Review of: | Other dreams of freedom (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Flavin, Rebecca McCumbers)
Other dreams of freedom (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Flavin, Rebecca McCumbers) Other dreams of freedom (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Flavin, Rebecca McCumbers) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Traffic in persons
/ Religion
/ Sexuality
/ USA
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Summary: | Yvonne C. Zimmerman's thesis is that the United States' federal antihuman trafficking policies are premised on Protestant Christian conceptions of freedom, gender, and morality, and that this religious grounding is problematic theoretically and practically, as it limits victims' autonomy and fails to address adequately the causes and consequences of trafficking. Zimmerman's analysis centers on the development and implementation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), the primary vehicle through which the United States addresses international and domestic human trafficking. Like most international trafficking laws and general discussions in the media, the TVPA equates human trafficking with female sexual slavery. Zimmerman argues compellingly that this emphasis on sex and women frames the issue too narrowly, ignoring other forms of trafficking such... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu118 |