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“English Literature After #MeToo: Global Perspectives”: Introduction
ABSTRACT This introductory essay sets out the relationship between #MeToo movement and higher education in a global context, arguing that teaching in universities is defined by what we term “Post‐#MeToo Consciousness.” The essay explores the implications of this for teaching practice and the principles of English literary studies, opening questions ...
Kate Hext, Julie Choi
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Resilient necrocapitalism and the zombie genre of representations of current dystopias are persistent in their political purpose in producing changes in the social order to benefit plutocracies around the world. It is through a thanatopolitical lens that
Anastasia Christou
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Strategies for the prevention and eradication of femicide: Legal, institutional and societal dimensions, challenges and perspectives [PDF]
Femicide is commonly conceptualized and defined as the gender-based or gender-motivated killing of women. It is a global issue, prompting national states to implement legislative, policy and practical measures and actions to address it.
Jovanović Slađana, Ćopić Sanja
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ABSTRACT For over 30 years, the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua bordering Texas and New Mexico has experienced and witnessed multiple forms of violence across its rural and urban regions. Communities are besieged with cartel and gender‐based violence and the saturation of international corporations that pay less than livable wages for workers in ...
Sylvia Fernández Quintanilla +1 more
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ABSTRACT Researching gender violence and transnational feminist movements fuels commitment to meaningful change. Drawing on Toni Morrison's 1998 call to refuse desensitization to violence, examining how three university students—Niloufar Esmaeili (PhD English), Jessica Corona (MA Spanish), and Jasbeth Medrano (Political Science undergraduate)—engaged ...
Niloufar Esmaeili +2 more
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Vulnerability and Development: Rereading Populorum Progressio in Light of Feminicide
One modern issue Populorum Progressio does not address is the problem of feminicide, or the misogynistic killing of women by men, perhaps because the issue had not yet received the attention and concern which it generates today. Even though feminicide is
Marianne Tierney FitzGerald
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Abstract This is the first episode of a series of four discussions on the differences between males and females, in apparently non‐andrological fields. You will read the transcript of discussions that actually took place at the Endocrinology Unit in Modena, Italy, in the form of the aporetic dialogues of ancient Greece.
Giulia Brigante +7 more
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Between Motherhood and Violence: Women's Labor Challenges in Mexico
In Mexico, cultural norms reinforcing male dominance limit women’s economic and physical autonomy. This study examines how the motherhood penalty and gender-based violence restrict income opportunities and
Julia Juárez García, Felipe Cruz Díaz
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Teen Unions and Intimate Partner Violence in South America
Abstract Precocious exits from adolescence via early union formation are often argued to represent a strong risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. However, causal evidence for this claim is scant. This study examines the impact of teen union formation (before age 18) on experiences of IPV in Brazil and Colombia, where early ...
ORSOLA TORRISI
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La Violencia de Género y el Feminicidio. Comparación del Perfil de los Agresores
La violencia contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja (VCP) y el homicidio contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja (HCP) son fenómenos de gran relevancia y de primer orden mediático.
David Pineda +4 more
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