The Force of Witness: Contra Feminicide by Rosa-Linda Fregoso (English) Paperbac

Description: The Force of Witness by Rosa-Linda Fregoso Rosa-Linda Fregoso examines the contra feminicide movement in Mexico and other feminist efforts to eradicate gender violence, theorizing the notion of witness as a force of collectivity and a constellation of multiple social locations and intersectional practices that work together to abolish feminicidal violence. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Rosa-Linda Fregoso is Professor Emerita of Latin America and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, coeditor of Terrorizing Women: Feminicide in the Américas, also published by Duke University Press, and author of meXicana Encounters: The Making of Social Identities on the Borderlands. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Prelude 1 1. Chronicles of Witness 13 Interlude 1: Re-Memory for the Dead 58 2. Mexicos Longest War 63 3. The Artist and Witness 96 Interlude 2: Redressing Injustice 115 4. The Art of Witness 119 5. Witnesses to Mexicos "Living Dead" 138 Interlude 3: Flor de Arena 159 6. Stolen Lives and Fugitivity 163 Postlude 183 Notes 185 Bibliography 211 Index 229 Review "Fregoso masterfully and poignantly combines theory, scholarship, and activism in this volume, thereby bearing witness and accompanying others in their struggles for justice. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals." -- I. Coronado * Choice *"The Force of Witness is a deeply personal testimony that makes a significant contribution in the exploration of bearing witness in regard to the very painful topic of gender-based violence, emphasizing its relational dimension and political value. . . . Fregosos approach and call to witnessing gendered violence, resonating with our interconnectedness as human beings, make this book a compelling testament that restores dignity to the countless feminized victims and disappeared while denouncing the brutal killing machine of the Mexican state." -- Myriam Lamrani * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Fregoso . . . is investigative and analytical, urgent and reflective; it is also a deeply personal narrative. She compels us to read and—vicariously—witness unspeakable pain and fear, including her own terrifying experience of the sanitised term intimate partner violence. She reveals institutionalised misogyny, and police indifference to – if not complicity in – male violence against women." -- Deborah Eade * Gender & Development *"Moving from the root causes to the remedies, the book is unique in the sense that it analyzes the strengths and shortfalls of various feminist movements in combatting and addressing feminicides. The book illustrates how the remedies for gender-based violence are informed by how the causes are defined. . . . By taking a decolonial feminism perspective, the book offers a full picture of how the legacy of a necropolitical order dictates, on the one hand, the poor national policies that address and seek to end impunity for feminicides and, on the other hand, the unfit international response." -- Jelena Pia-Comella * Human Rights Review *"Centering the role of different forms of witnessing through film, art, performance, journalism, and conventional forms of protest, The Force of Witness offers a powerful lens on the ways that feminicide shatters lives and communities and inspires action." -- Lynn Stephen * Latin American Research Review *"Fregoso invites us to develop a radical form of solidarity by witnessing and becoming present. The Force of Witness encompasses not only a clear explanation of the framework that helps her expand on the concept of feminicide, but also a critical overview of patriarchal and colonial systems that silence women, feminine, and feminized bodies while upholding the structures that profit from this violence." -- Francisco G. Tijerina Martinez * NACLA * Details ISBN1478019816 Short Title The Force of Witness Publisher Duke University Press Series Dissident Acts Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1478019816 ISBN-13 9781478019817 Format Paperback Subtitle Contra Feminicide Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Author Rosa-Linda Fregoso Illustrations 26 illustrations Pages 248 AU Release Date 2023-04-14 NZ Release Date 2023-04-14 UK Release Date 2023-04-14 Alternative 9781478017103 DEWEY 362.88082 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2023-03-24 US Release Date 2023-03-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159616999;

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