From vip cabaret to prostitution ring: sexual commerce’s new borders of visibility
This paper is a first approach to the legal case of Madaho's, which ended with the closure of the historical Mar del Plata´s cabaret and the prosecution of its owners for trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Madaho's was located in an exclusive area, close to the mo...
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Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. UNR
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://zonafranca.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ZonaFranca/article/view/221 |
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| Sumario: | This paper is a first approach to the legal case of Madaho's, which ended with the closure of the historical Mar del Plata´s cabaret and the prosecution of its owners for trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Madaho's was located in an exclusive area, close to the most expensive hotels in the seaside resort and was a well-known space for male sociability. Especially during the tourist season, it concentrated local and nearby sex workers attracted by the income they could obtain there. We analyze how this set of social relations was constructed as a “legal matter” using the language of trafficking in women, through the interpretations and interventions of rescuers, judges and prosecutors. From a perspective that understands law as a gender technology, we intend to examine how law works to fix a specific version of “trafficked women”. The methodological strategy is articulated through the analysis of different documentary sources of the judicial file, which allow us to access not only the interpretations of rescuers, judges and prosecutors, but also the voices of the women involved in this case. |
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