Representations of Transnational Human Trafficking
This open access edited collection examines representations of human trafficking in media ranging from British and Serbian newspapers, British and Scandinavian crime novels, and a documentary series, and questions the extent to which these portrayals reflect the realities of trafficking. It tackles the problematic tendency to under-report particular types of victim and forms of trafficking, and seeks to explore both dominant and marginalised points of view. The authors take a cross-disciplinary approach, utilising analytical tools from across the humanities and social sciences, including linguistics, literary and media studies, and cultural criminology. It will appeal to students, academics and policy-makers with an interest in human trafficking and its depiction in the modern day.
| ISBN: | 9783319782133 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 153 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Gregoriou, Christiana |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 18.07.2018 |
| Untertitel: | Present-day News Media, True Crime, and Fiction |
| Schlagworte: | News Media border force crime fiction human trafficking law enforcement modern slavery newspapers open access social policy transnational organised crime |
Christiana Gregoriou is an Associate Professor in English Language at Leeds University’s School of English, UK. She is a specialist in crime fiction stylistics, and employs critical linguistic analysis to the study of crime fiction but also other crime-related discourse (including media texts and the true crime genre).