Teaching about rape in war and genocide

Abstract

shape the reality. It would help readers to frame the picture of the field in a fair way. Choo’s book sheds much feminist light on gendered identities and encounters by addressing the stories of migrant women with various statuses, family ties, and relationships. However, broader considerations would be worthy for future work. Chapter 7 points to the notion of antitrafficking from feminist perspectives which fostered the rights by claiming their victimhood. Stories were interpreted by the possible risks of human trafficking, which on the one hand reveal the struggles and exploitation of migrant hostesses in the sex industry but ignore the interweaved and interdependent relationships among hostesses, club owners, brokers, and American GIs, on the other. To assume that all women in the sex industry are victims is to fail to look at their agency and the diversity of their living strategies. It would have been helpful to put the lens on different characters about how they rely on and negotiate with each other; this would help readers see the chains in the community and the nuanced power dynamics related to their positions. Also, additional work would help tie Choo’s arguments to globalization of labor trade, family ties, decision-making, and the diaspora in migrant workers’ lives. This is important for readers to see the big picture of how global changes affect migrant workers’ movement. In sum, the chapters in this book individually provide rich insights by looking into different women’s journeys and coherently convey the idea of decentering citizenship. For the countries receiving migrant workers, it is crucial to reexamine the policies and the gaps between ideal formulation and practical reality. This book uncovers the unknown distress and insistence in the adventure of migrant workers; it takes students, researchers, scholars, and activists forward on their journey, with the potential to break the existing views of the world, and makes significant changes. In this respect, it is recommended as a must-read.