The silent woman
The representation of sex trafficking in the contemporary British detective novel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15537740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth G Allen (0000-0002-1832-0331, Regent's University London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 167-176 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | MIGRATION LETTERS (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-8984 • E-ISSN: 1741-8992 |
| Publisher | Dewspublication (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33182/ml.v5i2.51 |
| OpenAlex | W1761345214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The British detective novel has moved from a smug middle-class parochialism to an engagement with the global narrative of human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking. The genre has been claimed as the literary form best suited to offer a narrative of migration to counter the simplifications and xenophobia of the popular media. The global ‘turn’ is, however, illusory as its structures are fatally constrained by generic expectations. The narrative produced erases the complexities of migration and offers little moral challenge to the reader
Aesthetics · Art · Detective fiction · Literature · Narrative · Parochialism · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Xenophobia · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Sex work and related issues · Travel Writing and Literature
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2027 - 2027 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |