Representations of Transnational Human Trafficking Present-day News Media, True Crime, and Fiction /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gregoriou, Christiana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Linguistics > Methodology.; Transnational crime.; Language and languages > Style.; Computational linguistics.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Communication.; Research Methods in Language and Linguistics.; Transnational Crime.; Stylistics.; Computational Linguistics.; Cultural Studies.; Media and Communication.
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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.