Screening Trafficking: Prudent or Perilous?

210 Pages·2018·13.996 MB·English

by  Yana Hashamova

ABOUT THE AUTHOR “This monograph is a welcome addition to the comparative research on
the way in which media represent human trafficking in East Central Europe.
Yana Hashamova is Professor of Slavic
Its empirically-based methodology examines how the region had been
and Film Studies at Ohio State University
transformed from a monolith of social stagnation into a realm where
free-for-all understanding of the market has been applied to the most
vulnerable human bodies. Yana Hashamova provides excellent insight
into the way communication technologies and mass media construct
The book examines film and media represen-
and disseminate cases related to this abominable practice, not shying
tations of the social, political, and economic
away from turning a critical eye to examine how this information plays
issue of human trafficking, one of the most
out in the domestic political arena for both the Eastern and Western side
dramatic challenges of today’s globalized
of the European continent.”
world. Hashamova productively combines
Tomislav Longinović, University of Wisconsin-Madison
fieldwork in NGOs in southeastern Europe,
social science data, and the analysis of Western
“Screening Trafficking is one of those books that changes your perspective
and East European anti-trafficking films and
on the much discussed issue of modern slavery. Focusing on modern slavery
Prudent media, and their reception in the United
representation the investigation moves from the viewer through the conditions
States and the Balkans. Her book identifies
of media production and narrative analysis to the various modes of reception,
a disconnect between the global flow of traf-
all shaped by different social and cultural conditions. It is thorough research
And ficking images and their local comprehension.
written with academic scrutiny, but also with empathy and civic commitment,
The critical analysis of documentaries, feature
calling for action.”
films, video clips, and NGOs’ media materials
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SCREENING
TR AFFICKING
Prudent and Perilous
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ana asHamova
Central European University Press
Budapest–New York
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© 2018 by Yana Hashamova
Published in 2018 by
Central European University Press
Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
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without the permission of the Publisher.
The Library of Congress has cataloged this record under
LCCN: 2018000793
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To Lorenzo, for his unfailing
curiosity and brightness!
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Table of Contents
List of tables ................................................... ix
List of figures .................................................. ix
List of plates ................................................... ix
Acknowledgments .............................................. xiii
Introduction ................................................... 1
PART ONE: THE VIEWER
Chapter 1
Social, Political, and Cultural Conditions Affecting Trafficking
and Its Perception ............................................. 23
Chapter 2
NGO Prevention Campaigns and Their Audiences ............. 39
Chapter 3
Cross-cultural Discussion of Attitudes toward Trafficking ...... 53
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viii Table of Contents
PART TWO: THE REPRESENTATION
Chapter 4
Western Feature Films and Media .............................. 67
Chapter 5
East European Feature Films and NGO Media ................. 99
Chapter 6
Trauma: Screening Violence and the “Viewer-Witness” ........ 123
Afterword ...................................................... 147
Bibliography ................................................... 153
Index .......................................................... 165
Screening Trafficking Subject Index List ....................... 169
Index Film, Television, and Media Titles List .................. 173
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Lists of Tables and Plates
LIST OF TABLES
2.1: Variables
3.1: Survey of Knowledge of Human Trafficking
LIST OF FIGURES
3.1a: Trafficking has positive implications
3.1b: Trafficking as an opportunity to escape poverty
3.2: Reasons for the existence of trafficking in today’s global
world
3.3: The behavioral readiness to act among Bulgarian and
American students
3.4: The level of information about trafficking between two
groups
LIST OF PLATES
Chapter 2:
Plate 1: Open Gate’s report on the premiere of You Are Alive
Plate 2: Author photographed outside of Animus Association
Plate 3: Culture House (Resen village)
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