Public opinion around the construction of significance of the term “feminicide” in Mexico

A digital ethnography study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11323836
AutoresYessica Ivet Cienfuegos-Martínez (0000-0003-3366-6565, Universidad de Guanajuato), Raul Pacheco-Vega (0000-0003-3468-5477)
Año2025
Número104
Páginas197-219
Fecha de publicación2025-05-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArgumentos Estudios críticos de la sociedad (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0187-5795
EditorialUniversidad Autonoma Metropolitana (PUBLISHER • MX)
DOI10.24275/uamxoc-dcsh/argumentos/2024104-08
OpenAlexW4410114348
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas11

The concept of feminicide is relatively new; the Law on Women’s Access to a Life Free of Violence (2007) is one of the first official documents to mention it in Mexico. Understanding public opinion on this term, which describes the homicide and other violent deaths of women, is crucial. Through a longitudinal digital ethnography, we explore how the concept has been perceived over 12 years by analyzing content from a major Mexican newspaper. Our findings reveal the malleability of feminicide as an action, reality, and discourse.

Aesthetics · Art · Ethnography · Geography · Media studies · Physics · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Term (time) · Anthropology · Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America · History · Law · Memory, violence, and history · Political Dynamics in Latin America