Podcast
Questions and Answers
What is the focus of international anti-trafficking discourse?
What is the focus of international anti-trafficking discourse?
- The complexities of Filipina migrant women's situations
- The transformation of migrant entertainers into victims (correct)
- The tensions between migrant entertainers and activists
- The role of agency and victimhood
What assumptions are made about migrant entertainers in the context of anti-trafficking discourse?
What assumptions are made about migrant entertainers in the context of anti-trafficking discourse?
- They are victims who cannot enjoy their jobs (correct)
- They are mistreated by their employers
- They are involved in sexual labor
- They are genuine female victims
What is the conflict discussed between migrant entertainers and activists?
What is the conflict discussed between migrant entertainers and activists?
- Tensions between the assumptions made about migrant entertainers (correct)
- Tensions between the complexities of Filipina migrant women's situations
- Tensions between the narratives shared by NGOs
- Tensions between the role of agency and victimhood
What does the text suggest about the relationship between mistreatment or labor struggles and genuine female victimhood?
What does the text suggest about the relationship between mistreatment or labor struggles and genuine female victimhood?
What is the author's interest in relation to international anti-trafficking discourse?
What is the author's interest in relation to international anti-trafficking discourse?
Migrant entertainers are transformed into '______' according to the narratives that NGOs share.
Migrant entertainers are transformed into '______' according to the narratives that NGOs share.
The author is interested in questioning the kinds of stories that are told, the stories that go '______', and the role of agency and victimhood.
The author is interested in questioning the kinds of stories that are told, the stories that go '______', and the role of agency and victimhood.
Anti-trafficking discourse is preoccupied with '______' labor.
Anti-trafficking discourse is preoccupied with '______' labor.
According to Cheng, there is a conflation between migrant entertainers and ______.
According to Cheng, there is a conflation between migrant entertainers and ______.
The assumptions about migrant entertainers include the belief that they cannot possibly '______' their jobs.
The assumptions about migrant entertainers include the belief that they cannot possibly '______' their jobs.
