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Author Grillone, Carmela, author

Title The new gendered plundering of Africa : Nigerian prostitution in Italy / by Carmela Grillone
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents Intro; Dedication; Table of Contents; Who Represents Women in Prostitution?; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface; Foreword; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Conclusions; Annex I; Annex II; Bibliography; Endnotes
Summary This ethnographic study on Nigerian street prostitution in Italy transforms the understanding of the phenomenon of prostitution, questions the impact of European and Italian migration and prostitution laws on human rights, and investigates the legal, political and socio-economic conditions that create a permissive environment for trafficking. Precious first-person accounts by Nigerian women give a privileged perspective on tortures and inhumane treatment prevalent in the migratory route from Africa to the European ""promised land"", culminating in the daily experience of self-destruction in Ita
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 24, 2019)
Subject Prostitution -- Italy
Prostitutes -- Nigeria
Nigerians -- Italy -- Social conditions
Prostitution -- Law and legislation -- Italy
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Emigration and immigration.
Prostitutes.
Prostitution.
Prostitution -- Law and legislation.
SUBJECT Nigeria -- Emigration and immigration
Italy -- Emigration and immigration
Subject Italy.
Nigeria.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781527533196
1527533190