Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Américas

Leandra Hinojosa Hernández is an independent scholar who teaches communication courses at National University, Trident University International, and the University of Houston.Sarah De Los Santos Upton is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Texas at El Paso.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Feminist Activism and Reproductive Control across the AmericasChapter 2: “A Right Doesn’t Mean Much if You Can’t Access It”: News Discourses of Abortion, Reproductive Rights, and Anti-Abortion SupportersChapter 3: Epidemics, Crimes, and “Nothing to Worry About”: News Coverage of Gender, Reproductive Health, and the Zika Virus in Latin American News DiscoursesChapter 4: Intersections of Culture, Gender, Religion, and Politics: Problematizing the Notion of Choice in Reproductive Feminicides in Latin AmericaChapter 5: Moving from Voyeurism to Bearing Witness: Efforts to Produce Conocimiento around Feminicide in Ciudad JuárezConclusion: American and Latin American Feminist Politics and New Futures for Feminist Activism and News Coverage of WomenReferencesAbout the Authors

Hernández and De Los Santos Upton forge new ground in the transnational analysis of women, reproduction, and violence with an intersectional feminist lens. Besides their big-picture theoretical perspectives, the authors’ use of case studies provides readers with in-depth details that are sure to resonate with readers.