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Publisher:UBC Press, 2017Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: Bunting, Annie; Quirk, JoelDate:Created2017Summary:
Contemporary slavery has emerged as a source of fascination and a spur to political mobilization. This volume brings together experts to carefully explore how the language of slavery has been invoked to support a series of government interventions, activist projects, legal instruments, and rhetorical and visual performances. However well-intentioned these interventions might be, they remain subject to a host of limitations and complications. Recent efforts to combat slavery are too often sensationalist, self-serving, and superficial and end up failing the test of speaking truth to power. Bringing about lasting change will require direct challenges to dominant political and economic interests.
Genre:Subject(s): Slavery--Political aspects | Slavery--Social aspects | Slavery | Slavery--Law and legislation | Slaves | Slaves--Legal status, laws, etc | Slavery in mass mediaOriginal Publisher: [S.l.], UBC PressLanguage(s): English