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Author:   Alicia Gaspar de Alba ,  Georgina Guzmán
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780292722774

ISBN 10:   029272277
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   01 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Feminicidio: The Black Legend of the Border Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Georgina GuzmanPart One. Interventions1. Accountability for Murder in the Maquiladoras: Linking Corporate Indifference to Gender Violence at the U.S.-Mexico Border Elvia R. Arriola2. Poor Brown Female: The Miller's Compensation for Free Trade Alicia Gaspar de Alba3. Ghost Dance in Ciudad Juarez at the End/Beginning of the Millennium Maria Socorro Tabuenca Cordoba4. Gender, Order, and Femicide: Reading the Popular Culture of Murder in Ciudad Juarez Steven S. Volk and Marian E. SchlotterbeckPart Two. !Ni Una Mas!5. Binational Civic Action for Accountability: Antiviolence Organizing in Ciudad Juarez/El Paso Kathleen Staudt and Irasema Coronado6. The Suffering of the Other Julia E. Monarrez-Fragoso7. The V-Day March in Mexico: Appropriation and Misuse of Local Women's Activism Clara E. Rojas8. Femicide, Mother-Activism, and the Geography of Protest in Northern Mexico Melissa W. WrightPart Three. Testimonios9. The Morgue Was Really from the Dark Ages : Insights from a Forensic Psychologist Candice Skrapec10. We'll See Who Wins Eva Arce11. The Government Has Tried to Divide Us Paula Flores12. Las Hijas de Juarez: Not an Urban Legend Rigo MaldonadoAfterword: Goddess Murder and Gynocide in Ciudad Juarez Jane CaputiAppendix A: Selected Binational Timeline of the Juarez FemicidesAppendix B: The Juarez Femicides in Print, Film, and Music: A Partial ListNotes on ContributorsIndexReprints and Permissions

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Alicia Gaspar de Alba, a native of the El Paso/Juárez border, is Professor and Chair of the César Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA. She has published eight other books, among them three historical novels, two collections of poetry,

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