Manufacturing Freedom

Elena Shih is Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, where she directs a human trafficking research cluster through the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice.

Contents

Preface 

Introduction: The Slave-Free Good 
1. The Business of Rehab: Ethical Consumption, Social Enterprise, and the Myth of 
Vocational Training 
2. Manufacturing Freedom: Racialized Redemptive Labor and Sex Work 
3. Bad Rehab: House Moms, Shelters, and Maternalist Rehabilitation 
4. Trafficking Benevolent Authoritarianism in China 
5. Vigilante Humanitarianism in Thailand 
6. Quitting Rehab: The Promises and Betrayals of Freedom 
Conclusion: Redistribution and Possibilities for Global Justice 

Acknowledgments 
Methodological Appendix: The Embodied Currencies and Debts of Global Feminist Fieldwork 
Notes 
References 
Index