Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Américas

Intersectionality, Power, and Struggles for Rights

By (author) Leandra Hinojosa Hernández, Sarah De Los Santos Upton

Publication date:

05 April 2018

Length of book:

172 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

230x164mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781498542579

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.

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

References
About the Authors

Hernández and De Los Santos Upton forge new ground in the transnational analysis of women, reproduction, and violence with an intersectional feminist lens. Besides their big-picture theoretical perspectives, the authors’ use of case studies provides readers with in-depth details that are sure to resonate with readers.