Urban geography plenary lecture - femicide, mother-activism, and the geography of protest in northern Mexico
Article Abstract:
The Mexican anti-femicide movement's strategic geographic shift towards an international arena of coalitions of women activists, even as the local anti-femicide coalitions of northern Mexico have dissolved, is discussed.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2007
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Commentary on "femicide, radical conservatism, and the geography of protest in northern Mexico"
Article Abstract:
A criticism of Melissa Wright's paper on being an inadequate account of the ongoing violence against women in northern Mexico, choosing instead to focus on mother-activists and their practice of testimony, is presented.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2007
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