Women And Change At The U S Mexico Border
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Women And Change At The U S Mexico Border
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Author : Doreen J. Mattingly
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2022-06-21
Women And Change At The U S Mexico Border written by Doreen J. Mattingly and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-21 with Social Science categories.
There’s no denying that the U.S.–Mexico border region has changed in the past twenty years. With the emergence of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the curtailment of welfare programs, and more aggressive efforts by the United States to seal the border against undocumented migrants, the prospect of seeking a livelihood—particularly for women—has become more tenuous in the twenty-first century. In the face of the ironic juxtaposition of free trade and limited mobility, this book takes a new look at women on both sides of the border to portray them as active participants in the changing structures of life, often engaging in political struggles. The contributions—including several chapters by Mexican as well as U.S. scholars—examine environmental and socioeconomic conditions on the border as they shape and are shaped by both daily life at the local level and the global economy. The contributors focus on issues related to migration, both short- and long-term; empowerment, especially reflecting shifts in women’s consciousness in the workplace; and political and social activism in border communities. The chapters consider a broad range of topics, such as the changing gender composition of the maquiladora work force over the past decade and border women’s non-governmental organizations and political activism. In most of the studies, both sides of the border are considered to provide insights into differences created by an international boundary and similarities produced by cross-border interactions. Together, these chapters show the border region to be a dynamic social, economic, cultural, and political context in which women face both obstacles and opportunities for change—and make clear the vital role that women play in shaping the border region and their own lives. This collection builds on Susan Tiano and Vicki Ruiz’s groundbreaking volume Women on the U.S.–Mexico Border by continuing to show the human face of changes wrought by manufacturing and militarization. By illustrating the current state of social science research on gender and women’s lives in the region, it offers fresh perspectives on the material reality of women’s daily lives in this culturally and historically rich region.
Women On The U S Mexico Border
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Author : Vicki Ruiz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-06-11
Women On The U S Mexico Border written by Vicki Ruiz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with Political Science categories.
This book illuminates the reality of border women's lives and challenges the conventional notion that women need not work for wages because they are economically supported by men. It offers insight into the lives of undocumented women.
Women And Change At The U S Mexico Border
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Women And Change At The U S Mexico Border written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Women categories.
Women On The U S Mexico Border
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Author : Vicki Ruiz
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 1987-01-21
Women On The U S Mexico Border written by Vicki Ruiz and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-21 with History categories.
Women On The U S Mexican Border
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Author : Vicki L. Ruiz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-01-01
Women On The U S Mexican Border written by Vicki L. Ruiz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Women And Migration In The U S Mexico Borderlands
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Author : Denise A. Segura
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2007
Women And Migration In The U S Mexico Borderlands written by Denise A. Segura and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Seminal essays on how women adapt to the structural transformations caused by the large migration from Mexico to the U.S.A., how they create or contest representations of their identities in light of their marginality, and give voice to their own agency.
Human Rights Along The U S Mexico Border
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Author : Kathleen Staudt
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2009-11-15
Human Rights Along The U S Mexico Border written by Kathleen Staudt and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-15 with Social Science categories.
Much political oratory has been devoted to safeguarding America’s boundary with Mexico, but policies that militarize the border and criminalize immigrants have overshadowed the region’s widespread violence against women, the increase in crossing deaths, and the lingering poverty that spurs people to set out on dangerous northward treks. This book addresses those concerns by focusing on gender-based violence, security, and human rights from the perspective of women who live with both violence and poverty. From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, scholars from both sides of the 2,000-mile border reflect expertise in disciplines ranging from international relations to criminal justice, conveying a more complex picture of the region than that presented in other studies. Initial chapters offer an overview of routine sexual assaults on women migrants, the harassment of Central American immigrants at the hands of authorities and residents, corruption and counterfeiting along the border, and near-death experiences of border crossers. Subsequent chapters then connect analysis with solutions in the form of institutional change, social movement activism, policy reform, and the spread of international norms that respect human rights as well as good governance. These chapters show how all facets of the border situation—globalization, NAFTA, economic inequality, organized crime, political corruption, rampant patriarchy—promote gendered violence and other expressions of hyper-masculinity. They also show that U.S. immigration policy exacerbates the problems of border violence—in marked contrast to the border policies of European countries. By focusing on women’s everyday experiences in order to understand human security issues, these contributions offer broad-based alternative approaches and solutions that address everyday violence and inattention to public safety, inequalities, poverty, and human rights. And by presenting a social and democratic international feminist framework to address these issues, they offer the opportunity to transform today’s security debate in constructive ways.
Border Women And The Community Of Maclovio Rojas
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Author : Michelle Téllez
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2021-10-12
Border Women And The Community Of Maclovio Rojas written by Michelle Téllez and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with Political Science categories.
Near Tijuana, Baja California, the autonomous community of Maclovio Rojas demonstrates what is possible for urban place-based political movements. More than a community, Maclovio Rojas is a women-led social movement that works for economic and political autonomy to address issues of health, education, housing, nutrition, and security. Border Women and the Community of Maclovio Rojas tells the story of the community’s struggle to carve out space for survival and thriving in the shadows of the U.S.-Mexico geopolitical border. This ethnography by Michelle Téllez demonstrates the state’s neglect in providing social services and local infrastructure. This neglect exacerbates the structural violence endemic to the border region—a continuation of colonial systems of power on the urban, rural, and racialized poor. Téllez shows that in creating the community of Maclovio Rojas, residents have challenged prescriptive notions of nation and belonging. Through women’s active participation and leadership, a women’s political subjectivity has emerged—Maclovianas. These border women both contest and invoke their citizenship as they struggle to have their land rights recognized, and they transform traditional political roles into that of agency and responsibility. This book highlights the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as a space of resistance, conviviality, agency, and creative community building where transformative politics can take place. It shows hope, struggle, and possibility in the context of gendered violences of racial capitalism on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Gender Violence At The U S Mexico Border
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Author : HŽctor Dom’nguez-Ruvalcaba
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2010-03-15
Gender Violence At The U S Mexico Border written by HŽctor Dom’nguez-Ruvalcaba and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-15 with Social Science categories.
The U.S.ÐMexico border is frequently presented by contemporary media as a violent and dangerous place. But that is not a new perception. For decades the border has been constructed as a topographic metaphor for all forms of illegality, in which an ineffable link between space and violence is somehow assumed. The sociological and cultural implications of violence have recently emerged at the forefront of academic discussions about the border. And yet few studies have been devoted to one of its most disturbing manifestations: gender violence. This book analyzes this pervasive phenomenon, including the femicides in Ciudad Ju‡rez that have come to exemplify, at least for the media, its most extreme manifestation. Contributors to this volume propose that the study of gender-motivated violence requires interpretive and analytical strategies that draw on methods reaching across the divide between the social sciences and the humanities. Through such an interdisciplinary conversation, the book examines how such violence is (re)presented in oral narratives, newspaper reports, films and documentaries, novels, TV series, and legal discourse. It also examines the role that the media have played in this process, as well as the legal initiatives that might address this pressing social problem. Together these essays offer a new perspective on the implications of, and connections between, gendered forms of violence and topics such as mechanisms of social violence, the micro-social effects of economic models, the asymmetries of power in local, national, and transnational configurations, and the particular rhetoric, aesthetics, and ethics of discourses that represent violence.
Border Women
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Author : Debra A. Castillo
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2002
Border Women written by Debra A. Castillo and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Criticism categories.
A transnational analysis with an emphasis on gender examines the work of women writers from both sides of the border writing in Spanish, English, or a mixture of the two languages whose work questions the accepted notions of border identities.