Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders

Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders is the first study to bring a gender perspective to studies on violence and illegal markets in the region, analyzing the structural problems that create inequality and enable gendered violence. It offers a critique of the securitization of borders and the criminalization of human mobility and proposes alternatives to reduce violence.

Format: Hardback
Length: 156 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders is a groundbreaking study that pioneers the integration of a gender lens into the examination of violence and illegal markets in the region. By delving into the structural issues that perpetuate inequality and facilitate gendered violence in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina, the authors provide a critical analysis of the securitization of borders and the criminalization of human mobility. They offer alternative solutions to reduce violence.

Newspaper reports on gender and the various aspects of violence, human trafficking, people smuggling, missing persons, victims, and perpetrators shed light on the production and reproduction of discourses and images associated with violence. Interviews with strategic actors from nongovernmental organizations, academia, and public policy makers broaden the perspectives by incorporating diverse voices.

Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders serves as a powerful call to challenge silence, impunity, mobility restrictions, dehumanization of securitization policies, and the institutionalization of gender violence. This essential read is highly recommended for scholars, researchers, policy makers, and students of gender studies, security studies, and migration.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032123554