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SUMMARY:\"Trafficking Hadassah: An Africana Reading of the Book of Esther\" by E
ricka Dunbar
DESCRIPTION:\nIn this talk\, Dr. Ericka Dunbar will chart a sexual traff
icking enterprise in the first two chapters of the book of Esther. Sexua
l exploitation begins in chapter one\, when the king endeavors to subjec
t Vashti to the sexualized gaze of his male guests. It is then intensifi
ed in chapter two when virgin girls throughout the king&rsquo\;s provinc
es are gathered and taken to the king&rsquo\;s palace for the purpose of
sex. Attention is given to the role of intersectionality in the exploit
ation of these girls and women.\n\nDr. Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar lives i
n Atlanta\, Georgia\, and \;teaches at Payne Theological Seminary. S
he received \;her doctorate in Biblical Studies (Old Testament) in M
ay 2020 from Drew \;University. Her dissertation\, titled &ldquo\;Tr
afficking Hadassah: An \;Africana Reading of Collective Trauma\, Mem
ory\, and Identity in the Book \;of Esther and the African Diaspora\
,&rdquo\; is a dialogical cultural study of \;sexual trafficking in
the book of Esther and during the Transatlantic \;Slave Trade.\n\nCl
ick here to register.\n\n \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.
psu.edu/event/ericka-dunbar_cmlit/
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r. Ericka Dunbar will chart a sexual trafficking enterprise in the first
two chapters of the book of Esther. Sexual exploitation begins in chapt
er one, when the king endeavors to subject Vashti to the sexualized gaze
of his male guests. It is then intensified in chapter two when virgin g
irls throughout the king’s provinces are gathered and taken to the
king’s palace for the purpose of sex. Attention is given to the r
ole of intersectionality in the exploitation of these girls and women.
Dr. Ericka Shawndricka Dunbar lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and t
eaches at Payne Theological Seminary. She received her doctorate in
Biblical Studies (Old Testament) in May 2020 from Drew University.
Her dissertation, titled “Trafficking Hadassah: An Africana
Reading of Collective Trauma, Memory, and Identity in the Book of E
sther and the African Diaspora,” is a dialogical cultural study of
sexual trafficking in the book of Esther and during the Transatlan
tic Slave Trade.
Click here to register.
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p> For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/ericka-dunbar_cm
lit/
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