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VIOLENCE AND ACTIVISM AT THE BORDER
GENDER, FEAR, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN CIUDAD JUAREZ |
| By: |
Kathleen Staudt |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0292718241 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780292718241 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2008 |
| Series: |
Inter-America Series |
| Pages: |
212 |
| Description: |
Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico. This title provides crucial links between these disturbing crimes and a history of violence against women in Mexico. |
| Synopsis: |
Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad Juarez 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 Juarez 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 Juarez murders to create international publicity and expose police impunity provides a unique case study of social movements in the borderlands, especially as statistics reveal that the rates of femicide in Juarez are actually similar to other regions of Mexico.Also examining how non-governmental organizations have responded in the face of Mexican law enforcement's "normalization" of domestic violence, Staudt's study is a landmark development in the realm of global human rights. |
| Illustrations: |
24 halftones, 8 color images, 4 charts, 2 tables, 3 maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Texas Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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