In this Book
- Selling Sex Overseas: Chinese Women and the Realities of Prostitution and Global Sex Trafficking
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: NYU Press
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.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- 1. What Is Sex Trafficking?
- pp. 1-33
- 2. Going Down to the Sea
- pp. 34-50
- 3. The Women
- pp. 51-75
- 4. The Destinations
- pp. 76-117
- 5. The Sex Markets
- pp. 118-146
- 6. The Traffickers
- pp. 147-169
- 7. Supply and Demand: Follow the Money
- pp. 170-200
- 8. Response and Rescue: How the System Works
- pp. 201-229
- References
- pp. 293-303
- About the Authors
- p. 311