Bearing Witness

Contemporary Slave Narratives and the Global Antislavery Movement

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Andrea Nicholson, Andrea (University of Nottingham) Nicholson

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Since the 1990s, modern slavery has been recognized as a global problem, with campaigners around the world providing assessments of its nature and extent, its drivers, and possible solutions for ending it. However, largely absent from the global antislavery movement's discourse and policy prescriptions are the voices of survivors of slavery themselves. Survivors' authentic voices are underemployed vital tools in the fight against modern slavery in all its forms. Through close readings of over 200 contemporary slave narratives, Andrea Nicholson repositions the history of the genre and exposes the conditions and consequences of slavery, and the challenges survivors face in liberation. Far from the trope of 'capture, enslavement, escape,' she argues that narratives are rich and vitally important sources that enable the antislavery community to be gain important insights and build more effective interventions.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-05-22
Mått228 x 151 x 18 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSlaveries since Emancipation
Antal sidor253
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009018470

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Andrea Nicholson is Associate Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, and a member of the Rights Lab, University of Nottingham. Her research primarily concerns survivor testimony and the support frameworks in place for survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery. She has previously undertaken research and consultancy for a range of non-governmental and governmental organizations, including the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery.

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A narrated self: The contemporary slave narrative genre; 2. 'I was free, I still wasn't free': Defining freedom; 3. The construction and reconstruction of slave and survivor identities; 4. Bearing witness: Trauma in contemporary slave narratives; 5. Assuming 'full' freedom: Challenges in recovery; 6. Antislavery strategies and the survivor as activist; Conclusion; Appendix: Table of narratives analyzed; Bibliography; Index.

'Bearing Witness reflects the complex and beautiful humanity of survivors of slavery. Andrea Nicholson writes without pity or paternalism, demonstrating that survivors are not mere subjects of research but experts in understanding slavery and freedom. This work takes the study of contemporary anti-slavery narratives to a deeper level and confronts the reader with our own humanity.' Minh Dang, Executive Director, Survivor Alliance and Research Fellow at University of Nottingham Rights Lab