Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Américas: Intersectionality, Power, and Struggles for Rights (Bloomsbury Studies in Health Communication, 2) - Hardcover

Hernández, Leandra Hinojosa; Upton, Sarah De Los Santos

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498542573 ISBN 13: 9781498542579

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2018

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498542573
• ISBN 13: 9781498542579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 172