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Sex trafficking, captivity, and narrative: constructing victimhood with the goal of salvation

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  1. Non-Governmental Organizations are also referred to in this paper as NGOs and are in relation to any of the following: anti-human trafficking movement, anti-sex trafficking movement, modern day slavery abolitionist movement, or abolitionist movement.

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Cojocaru, C. Sex trafficking, captivity, and narrative: constructing victimhood with the goal of salvation. Dialect Anthropol 39, 183–194 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-015-9366-5

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