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This book analyzes the scope and dynamics of violence against women in Guatemala as well as how it is represented in the print media. It reveals the ways in which these reports reproduce narratives of terror that conceal the gendered nature of violence against women and reproduce dichotomous gendered narratives of "good" and "bad" girls.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
List of Organizations and Acronyms
List of Tables
Part I. Framing the Problem
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Violence against Women and the Media: Theory and Methods
Part II. The Specter of Gendered Terrorism: A History of Violence and Violence against Women in Guatemala
Chapter 3. A Good Place to Commit Murder: A History of Violence in Guatemala
Chapter 4. The War against Women: A History of Violence against Women in Guatemala
Chapter 5. The Growth of the Women's Movement and Challenges to the Patriarchal State
Part III. Talk of Crime and Narratives of Terror Written on Women's Bodies: Blaming Gangs and Delinquents
Chapter 6. Visible Violence, Invisible Assassins: "Necrographic Maps" and Terror in Guatemalan Murder Reports
Chapter 7. "Easy Targets," "Cannon Fodder," and "The Wrong Crowd": Framing Women as Innocent or Guilty Victims of Gangs and Delinquents
Part IV. Blaming the Patriarchal Family and State
Chapter 8. "Violence lies in wait for women at home:" Framing VAW as Domestic Violence
Chapter 9. "For no apparent reason," "in a drunken state," "blinded by jealousy," "after an argument," and Other Stories of "love gone wrong" that Frame Domestic Violence Reports
Chapter 10. From Genocide to Feminicide: Blaming Patriarchy, Impunity, and the State for VAW
Conclusion
References
About the Author
About the author
Sarah England is associate professor of anthropology at Soka University.
Summary
This book analyzes the scope and dynamics of violence against women in Guatemala as well as how it is represented in the print media. It reveals the ways in which these reports reproduce narratives of terror that conceal the gendered nature of violence against women and reproduce dichotomous gendered narratives of “good” and “bad” girls.
