Nuala Finnegan

Cultural Representations of Feminicidio at the Us-Mexico Border

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Produktbeschreibung

Cultural Representations of Feminicidioat the US Mexican Border scrutinizes the range of cultural responses about Ciudad Juárez's feminicidal wave to explore how art, performance, poetry, film, fiction and music engage with the violence and trauma.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9781138482173
• ISBN-10: 113848217X
• Artikelnr.: 53467034

Autorenporträt

Nuala Finnegan is Professor in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at University College Cork, Ireland, and the Director of the Centre for Mexican Studies. Her research interests lie in Mexican cultural studies with a particular focus on gender.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: No nos cabe tanta muerte [Unbearable Deaths] Chapter One:
Framing Feminicidio: The Spectral Politics of Death in Ciudad Juárez
Chapter Two: Sacrificial Screams: Excess in Àlex Rigola's Stage Adaptation
of 2666 Chapter Three: Remember Them: Ethics and Witnessing in Artistic
Responses to Feminicide Chapter Four: Resilience and Renewal in Documentary
Film about Feminicidio in Ciudad Juárez Chapter Five: Toward an Activist
Poetics in Fiction about Feminicidio in Ciudad Juárez Conclusion: Notes
Towards the Possible, Appendix