ABSTRACT
The article addresses the trafficking of women (“white slave trade”) for prostitution during the same time that the so-called Great Immigration to Brazil was underway (late nineteenth and early twentieth century). Its goal is to establish a dialog with writers of the period, shedding light on the factors that led to the internationalization of prostitution and the intricacies of the network of intermediaries which ignored borders. The sources used herein include police cases against procurers and accusations and proposals by doctors, lawyers and journalists. The methodology includes content analysis of the texts and the evidentiary method, which permits a view focused on the dialog between structural logic and everyday practices. The ultimate goal is to present a new look at a topic which is far from getting lost in the past, but rather spans the long term, and is always ready to invade the backdrop of the mass displacements that characterize modern times.
Palavras-chave:
Migratory Processes; Great Immigration; White Slave Traffic