Description: This book reviews what is known about the issue of slavery, and argues that the concept of "afterlives" is more helpful than that of "modern slavery" to those seeking to challenge injustice, violence, inequality and oppression in the twenty-first century.
Brief description: Julia O′Connell Davidson is Professor of Social Research at the University of Bristol.
Review Quotes: In this scintillating little book, O'Connell Davidson sketches out the relationship between slavery, racism and modernity. In so doing, she picks apart facile solutions to 'modern slavery' offered by philanthropists, police departments and NGOs, and instead demands we think more seriously about the structure of global capitalism and the afterlives of transatlantic slavery and colonialism. This brilliant book clarifies the term 'modern slavery', clearing some of the ground on our path to freedom.
--Dr Luke De Noronha