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Violence and Activism at the Border

Violence and Activism at the Border Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juárez - Inter-America Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad JuÁrez 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 JuÁrez 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 JuÁrez 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 JuÁrez 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780292718241
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 364.1523097215
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 184
Weight: 334g
Height: 168mm
Width: 228mm
Spine width: 16mm