Challenging reproductive control and gendered violence in the Américas : intersectionality, power, and struggles for rights /

This book utilizes an intersectional feminist approach to analyze reproductive and gendered violence against women across the Americas with case studies focusing on the Zika virus, reproductive feminicides, and the role of feminist activism in organizing against violence.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hernández, Leandra Hinojosa (Autor), Upton, Sarah De Los Santos (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Colección:Lexington studies in health communication.
Temas:
Reproductive rights > America.
Women > Violence against > America.
Feminism > America.
Droits génésiques > Amérique.
Femmes > Violence envers > Amérique.
Féminisme > Amérique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Feminism
Reproductive rights
Women > Violence against
America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Feminist activism and reproductive control across the Americas
  • "A right doesn't mean much if you can't access it" : news discourses of abortion, reproductive rights, and anti-abortion supporters
  • Epidemics, crimes, and "nothing to worry about" : news coverage of gender, reproductive health, and the zika virus in Latin American news discourses
  • Intersections of culture, gender, religion, and politics : problematizing the notion of choice in reproductive feminicides in Latin America
  • Moving from voyeurism to bearing witness : efforts to produce conocimiento around feminicide in Ciudad Juárez
  • Conclusion: American and Latin American feminist politics and new futures for feminist activism and news coverage of women
  • References
  • About the authors.

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