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Frankly Speaking, "The Men That Is Now Is Only All Pallaver And What They Can Get Our Of You": Migration And White Slavery In Argentina In Joyce's "Eveline", M Laura Barberan Reinares
Frankly Speaking, "The Men That Is Now Is Only All Pallaver And What They Can Get Our Of You": Migration And White Slavery In Argentina In Joyce's "Eveline", M Laura Barberan Reinares
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This article analyzes James Joyce’s “Eveline” (1904), looking at the moral panic about “white slavery” in Europe and South America. The article especially focuses on Argentina, the foremost recipient of trafficked women between 1880 and 1930 (and, of course, Joyce’s destination choice for Eveline). By looking at Frank, the sailor who intends to take Eveline to Buenos Aires, this article explores the possible links between Joyce’s story and the sex trafficking industry thriving in Buenos Aires through the Jewish criminal association Zwi Migdal. Frank’s representation allows us to draw this connection because his behavior with Eveline coincides with the seduction …
“‘Like A Helpless Animal"? Like A Cautious Woman: Joyce’S ‘Eveline,’ Immigration, And The Zwi Migdal In Argentina In The Early 1900s, M Laura Barberan Reinares
“‘Like A Helpless Animal"? Like A Cautious Woman: Joyce’S ‘Eveline,’ Immigration, And The Zwi Migdal In Argentina In The Early 1900s, M Laura Barberan Reinares
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