21A.445
Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century
Spring 2015
Topics
- Introductions
- What is Trafficking? What’s in a Name?
- Slavery & Abolitionism Past and Present
- Migration & Border Crossings
- Policing the Borders II
- War and Conflict Zones
- Organ Trafficking
- Reproductive Labor
- Sex, Chains, & High Heels: Anti-trafficking Campaigns
- Saviors
- Preparation for In-Class Debate
- In-Class Debate: Sex, Work, Power (PDF)
- De/Criminalization: Race, Sex, and Class
- Technology and Trafficking
- Strong Beautiful Bodies: Athletes, Models
- Children Online
- Group Presentations
- Group Presentations (cont.)
Readings
- For some texts we will be reading various chapters throughout the semester; students who are interested may wish to purchase these books for personal use (not required):
- Kempadoo, Kamala, Jyoti Sanghera, and Bandana Pattanik, eds. Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights . 2nd ed. Paradigm Publishers, 2011. ISBN: 9781594519895.
- Grant, Melissa Gira. Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work . Verso, 2014. ISBN: 9781781683231.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.