Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders

ISBN-13: 9781032123554 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 156 str.

Maria Amelia Viteri;Ceja C; Cristina Yépez Arroyo

Opis

Analyzing the structural problems that create inequality and enable gendered violence in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina, this book offer a critique of the securitization of borders and the criminalization of human mobility, and propose alternatives to reduce violence.

Spis treści

Foreword  Introduction  1. The link between gender and the global border system  2. Human mobility: between organized crime, border security and criminalization  3. Femicide and feminicide: body geographies  4. Legal and illegal markets and the multiple forms of exploitation  5. Breaking dichotomies: Links in the mechanisms of illegal markets in Latin America  6. Representations in the Latin American press: images, text, the body and social class  7. General conclusions  8. Recommendations  Annexes