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Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Américas: Intersectionality, Power, and Struggles for Rights utilizes an intersectional Chicana feminist approach to analyze reproductive and gendered violence against women in the Américas and the role of feminist activism through case studies including the current state of reproductive justice in Texas, feminicides in Latin America, raising awareness about
Ni Una Más and anti-feminicidal activism in Ciudad Juárez, and reproductive rights in Latin America amidst the Zika virus. Each of these contemporary contexts provides new insights into the relationships between and among feminist activism; reproductive health; the role of the state, local governments, health organizations, and the media; and the women of color who are affected by the interplay of these discourses, mandates, and activist efforts.
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
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About the Authors
About the author
Leandra Hinojosa Hernández is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.
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.
