A Female Slaving Zone? Historical Constructions of the Traffic in Asian Women

Authors

Julia T. Martinez, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

118994

Publication Details

Martinez, J. (2018). A Female Slaving Zone? Historical Constructions of the Traffic in Asian Women. In J. Fynn-Paul & D. Alan. Pargas (Eds.), Slaving Zones: Cultural Identities, Ideologies, and Institutions in the Evolution of Global Slavery (pp. 309-335). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/b9789004356481_014

Abstract

The question as to why some regions in the world became known to slave traders as a source of female slaves in particular is one that has not often been considered by historians. Were there areas from which women were more likely to be taken as slaves then men? If we postulate the concept of a 'slaving zone' for women, then we would need to consider what factors might have influenced this phenomenon.