Violence and Activism at the Border Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez

Name: Violence and Activism at the Border Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez
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ISBN: 9780292718241

ISBN-10: 0292718241

ISBN-13: 9780292718241

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kathleen Staudt

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Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad Juaacute;rez in Chihuahua, Mexico. The murders have continued at a rate of approximately thirty per year, yet law enforcement officials have made no breakthroughs in finding the perpetrator(s). Drawing on in-depth surveys, workshops, and interviews of Juaacute;rez women and border activists, Violence and Activism at the Border provides crucial links between these disturbing crimes and a broader history of violence against women in Mexico. In addition, the ways in which local feminist activists used the Juaacute;rez murders to create international publicity and expose…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 8/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments



Violence at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Framing Perspectives



Culture and Globalization: Male Backlash at the Border



Women Speak About Violence and Fear: Surveys and Workshops



Research Design



Brochures Distributed to Participants



Framing and Mobilizing Border Activism: From Femicide to Violence Against Women



Fiction or Nonfiction?



V-Day 2004 Proclamation, City of El Paso



Government Responses to Violence Against Women



Toward Eradicating Violence Against Women at the Border


Conclusions


Notes


Bibliography


Index