Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Americas - 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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah De Los Santos Upton, Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez, Leandra Hinojosa De Los Santos Upton Hernandez, Leandra Hinojosa Hernández, Hernández Leandra Hinojosa, Sa Hernandez Leandra Hinojosa De Los Santos Upton
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781498542593
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4259-3
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Gender studies, gender groups, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control