Mulier Sacer promo video!
Posted by jimini - 22/02/15 at 01:02 amThe English publication is already out. Now we are looking for the means to have the book translated into Dutch.
Coming soon to a bookshop near you!
Watch this space for more info or click the link below to pre-order your copy…
Mulier Sacer – Disposable Women from Jimini Hignett on Vimeo.
The Red Light District, Amsterdam tourist attraction, appears to be something taken for granted. Many people seem to have blinkers on – despite no-one being able to imagine that they themselves, or their mother, daughter, sister, would enjoy doing the work, they accept what the sex-industry wants them to believe – that it’s a ‘normal job’, that the women have all chosen to do it, and are earning buckets of money. It is as if prostitutes are not considered as people but, rather, as a kind of sub-class, for whom normal, human values do not seem to count.
(The title is taken from the Latin term Homo Sacer, one who is deprived of his or her full humanity, a non-citizen who does not enjoy the protection of the law and who can be killed without legal consequence.)
When I found myself having to explain Amsterdam’s red-light windows to my (then) seven year old son, I began to question this widespread acceptance of prostitution. I volunteered to help at a hostel for women who had escaped from forced prostitution in the Netherlands – the stories of these women form the basis of the book Mulier Sacer.
The English publication is already out. Now we are looking for the means to have the book translated into Dutch.
Soon there will be a link to the publishers webpage, but meanwhile… Pre-Order your copy here now!