Revisiting notions of sex trafficking and victims

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Abstract

This article examines the migratory processes and work experiences of Brazilian female sex workers active in Spain. It is based on ethnographic research conducted over eleven months, at different moments between November 2004 and January 2012, in Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao and Granada. The principal argument is that the notions of prostitution and international human trafficking held by Brazilian sex workers clash with those found in the current public debate of these issues. Brazilian migrant sex workers' acts and beliefs defy political and cultural protocols on the national and international level, and fly in the face of the 'destiny' that Brazilian society laid out for these individuals.Neste artigo analiso os processos migratórios e as experiências laborais de trabalhadoras sexuais brasileiras na Espanha. Baseando-me em pesquisa etnográfica realizada durante onze meses, em diferentes momentos entre Novembro de 2004 e Janeiro de 2012, em Barcelona, Madri, Bilbao e Granada, argumento que os significados concedidos ao trabalho sexual pelas entrevistadas divergem daqueles expressados nas noções sobre prostituição e tráfico internacional de pessoas presentes no debate público sobre essas problemáticas. As ações e percepções das trabalhadoras sexuais brasileiras entrevistadas desafiam protocolos nacionais e culturais nacionais e internacionais e também o "destino" para elas traçado no Brasil

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Piscitelli, A. (2012). Revisiting notions of sex trafficking and victims. Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 9(1), 274–310. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1809-43412012000100010

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