Confronting Femicide Multidisciplinary Perspectives From Puerto Rico

This book explores the idea that the extreme criminal action that constitutes femicide must be explored not in isolation, but in the context of gender cruelty and misogyny in society. It focuses on the island of Puerto Rico as a case study. The chapters cover topics such as Afro-feminist and anti-racist grassroots work, transfeminist justice, and the role of art in resistance.
This volume is essential reading for scholars of gender studies, activists fighting against gender-based violence, and anyone interested in understanding the complex layers of oppression that lead to such extreme manifestations of violence. It invites readers to think through critical questions about justice, resistance, and the power of community organizing.
 

About the author

Nalini Natarajan is Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. She is the author of six books, including
Atlantic Gandhi: The Mahatma Overseas 
(2012) and 
The Unsafe Sex: The Female Binary and Public Violence against Women 
(2016). Her latest book is titled 
Romance and Power in the Hollywood Eastern
(Palgrave, 2021).

 

Product details

• Assisted by: Nalini Natarajan (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.12.2024
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Women's and gender studies
• EAN: 9783031711343
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3171134-3
• Pages: 167
• Illustrations: XII, 167 p. 5 illus.
• Dimensions (packing): 14.8 x 1.3 x 21 cm
• Weight (packing): 330 g
• Subjects: Puerto Rico, Kulturwissenschaften, Gender Studies, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Medienwissenschaften, Activism, Violence Against Women, Latin American Culture, patriarchy, Media and Gender, Art and violence, Afro-Puerto Rican, Femicide