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The identity of the trafficked child in young adult literature: Patricia Mccormick’ Sold
Faisal Lafee Alobeytha1, Abdul Halim Mohamed2, Faizahani Ab Rahman3.
This paper intends to do these followings; i) examine the effect of child sex trafficking
on the identity of the trafficked child and ii) compare between the identity of the trafficked child
before and during the child sex trafficking. For these purposes, Patricia McCormick’ Sold
(2006) is selected to be studied in this paper. This paper employs a Bronfenbrenner’s
Ecological System Theory (1994) as the framework of the study. Thematic approach of Braun
and Clarke (2006) is used to analyze this literary text. The study finds that (i) child traffickers
often try to erase the identity of the trafficked children and replace it with the identity of a slave
or a prostitute, (ii) they follow different types of violence such as physical and psychological
abuse to destroy the original identity of the trafficked children, (iii) the ecological systems
contribute to the development of identities of children and (iv) young adult literature is an
appropriate literature to discuss adolescents’ issues.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
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14/54,Q1(Social Sciences) 14/54,Q1(Social Sciences) 14/54,Q1(Social Sciences)
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