TY - JOUR
T1 - Women's migration for prostitution in the interwar Middle East and North Africa
AU - Kozma, Liat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Journal of Women's History.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - This article examines the migration of women for prostitution around the Mediterranean Sea, particularly to and within the Middle East and North Africa, in the interwar period. Reading League of Nations' reports on traffic in women and children along with other published and archival sources, it situates women's mobility within three significant waves of migration at the time: of south European men and women to Europe's colonies in North Africa; of east European Jews westwards and southwards; and of Syrians outside of Mt. Lebanon. It shows how women's migration can be explained and traced by following such temporary travelers as tourists, sailors, and soldiers and such more permanent migrants as settlers, refugees, and labor migrants. By using the category of migration, this article argues that "traffic in women" is insufficient as an analytical category in accounting for the geography of prostitution and prostitutes' international mobility in the interwar Mediterranean.
AB - This article examines the migration of women for prostitution around the Mediterranean Sea, particularly to and within the Middle East and North Africa, in the interwar period. Reading League of Nations' reports on traffic in women and children along with other published and archival sources, it situates women's mobility within three significant waves of migration at the time: of south European men and women to Europe's colonies in North Africa; of east European Jews westwards and southwards; and of Syrians outside of Mt. Lebanon. It shows how women's migration can be explained and traced by following such temporary travelers as tourists, sailors, and soldiers and such more permanent migrants as settlers, refugees, and labor migrants. By using the category of migration, this article argues that "traffic in women" is insufficient as an analytical category in accounting for the geography of prostitution and prostitutes' international mobility in the interwar Mediterranean.
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U2 - 10.1353/jowh.2016.0026
DO - 10.1353/jowh.2016.0026
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AN - SCOPUS:84991594078
SN - 1042-7961
VL - 28
SP - 93
EP - 113
JO - Journal of Women's History
JF - Journal of Women's History
IS - 3
ER -