Making a killing : femicide, free trade, and la frontera /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2010. |
| Description: | x, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Chicana matters series Chicana matters series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8268995 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Feminicidio: The "Black Legend" of the Border
- Part 1. Interventions
- 1. Accountability for Murder in the Maquiladoras: Linking Corporate Indifference to Gender Violence at the U.S.-Mexico Border
- 2. Poor Brown Female: The Miller's Compensation for "Free" Trade
- 3. Ghost Dance in Ciudad Juárez at the End/Beginning of the Millennium
- 4. Gender, Order, and Femicide: Reading the Popular Culture of Murder in Ciudad Juárez
- Part 2. ¡Ni Una Más!
- 5. Binational Civic Action for Accountability: Antiviolence Organizing in Ciudad Juárez/El Paso
- 6. The Suffering of the Other
- 7. The V-Day March in Mexico: Appropriation and Misuse of Local Women's Activism
- 8. Femicide, Mother-Activism, And The Geography of Protest in Northern Mexico
- Part 3. Testimonios
- 9. "The Morgue Was Really from the Dark Ages": Insights from a Forensic Psychologist
- 10. "We'll See Who Wins"
- 11. "The Government Has Tried to Divide Us"
- 12. Las Hijas de Juárez: Not an Urban Legend
- Afterword: Goddess Murder and Gynocide in Ciudad Juárez
- Appendix A. Selected Binational Timeline of the Juárez Femicides
- Appendix B. The Juárez Femicides in Print, Film, and Music: A Partial List
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
- Reprints and Permissions
