The Force of Witness: Contra Feminicide

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In The Force of Witness Rosa-Linda Fregoso examines the contra feminicide movement in Mexico and other feminist efforts to eradicate gender violence. Drawing on interviews, art, documentaries, and her years of activism, Fregoso traces the micro and macro scales of misogyny and the patterns of state...

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Main Author: Fregoso, Rosa Linda 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
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Keywords:
Women > Crimes against > Prevention > Mexico
Women > Violence against > Prevention > Mexico
Women > Social conditions > 21st century > Mexico
Misogyny > Mexico
Collective Memory > Mexico
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:In The Force of Witness Rosa-Linda Fregoso examines the contra feminicide movement in Mexico and other feminist efforts to eradicate gender violence. Drawing on interviews, art, documentaries, and her years of activism, Fregoso traces the micro and macro scales of misogyny and the patterns of state complicity with gender violence. She shows how different forms of witnessing—from activist-mothers’ bearing witness to the memories of their daughters and expert witnesses in court cases to communal witnessing and a scholar-activist-citizen witnessing her own actions—are key to resisting feminicidal violence. Fregoso situates these forms of witness in the histories, contexts, structures, bodies, and intersectional struggles they emerge from. By outlining the complexities of feminicidal violence in relation to witnessing processes, Fregoso challenges the notion of witness as an individual or autonomous subject inscribed solely in the legal or religious arenas. Rather, she theorizes witness as a force of collectivity and a constellation of multiple social locations and intersectional practices that work together to abolish feminicidal violence.
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (238 Seiten)
ISBN:9781478024385
DOI:10.1215/9781478024385