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Description

1. 1 online resource (xvi, 184 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps.

Series statement

1. Inter-America series

Uniform title

1. Violence and activism at the border (Online)

Alternative title

1. Violence and activism at the border (Online)

Subject

1. Homicide > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez
2. Women > Crimes against > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez
3. Sexual abuse victims > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez
4. Victims of violent crimes > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez
5. Women political activists > Mexican-American Border Region
6. Human rights > Mexican-American Border Region
7. Police misconduct > Mexico > Ciudad Juárez
8. Migrant labor > Mexican-American Border Region

Contents

1. 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 -- Appendix 3A: Research design -- Appendix 3B: Brochures distributed to participants -- Framing and mobilizing border activism: from femicide to violence against women -- Appendix 4A: Fiction or nonfiction? -- Appendix 4B: 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.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Staudt, Kathleen A.

Title

1. Violence and activism at the border [electronic resource] : gender, fear, and everyday life in Ciudad Juárez / Kathleen Staudt.

Imprint

1. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Series

1. Inter-America series

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2007038705