Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Americas - Intersectionality, Power, and Struggles for Rights

Informationen zum Autor Leandra Hinojosa Hernández is an independent scholar who teaches communication courses at National University, Trident University International, and the University of Houston. Sarah De Los Santos Upton is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Texas at El Paso. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Feminist Activism and Reproductive Control across the Americas Chapter 2: "A Right Doesn't Mean Much if You Can't Access It": News Discourses of Abortion, Reproductive Rights, and Anti-Abortion Supporters Chapter 3: Epidemics, Crimes, and "Nothing to Worry About": News Coverage of Gender, Reproductive Health, and the Zika Virus in Latin American News Discourses Chapter 4: Intersections of Culture, Gender, Religion, and Politics: Problematizing the Notion of Choice in Reproductive Feminicides in Latin America Chapter 5: 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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• Authors: Sarah De Los Santos Upton, Leandra Hinojosa Hernaandez, Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez, Leandra Hinojosa De Los Santos Upton Hernandez, Leandra Hinojosa Hernández, Hernandez Leandra Hinojosa, Sarah De Los Santos Upton
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781498542579
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4257-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Lexington Studies in Health Communication; Lexington Studies in Health Co; Lexington Studies in Health Communication; Bloomsbury Studies in Health Communication
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, United States of America, USA, Violence in society, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Violence and abuse in society