Fleeing rural violence

Mam women seeking gendered justice in Guatemala and the U.S

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2157459
AutoresLynn Stephens, Lynn Stephen (autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen46
Número2
Páginas229-257
Fecha de publicación2019-02-23
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066150.2018.1534836
OpenAlexW2904542535
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas21

I use the concept of gendered embodied structures of violence as the analytical framework for illustrating how in rural Huehuetenango, Guatemala, historical and contemporary structures and processes of violence which center the normalization of multiple forms of implied or actual physical and sexual violence against women (and often other men and children) continue to undermine efforts to strengthen women's rights and provide access to safety and justice for women. Overlapping structures of primarily male power suggest the difficulty of separating state and non-state actors from the vectors of violence affecting women. This article contributes to emerging literature on indigenous women's access to justice in Latin America through adding a transnational lens to this discussion and suggesting why we cannot separate pubic from private violence and state from non-state actors

Criminology · Domestic violence · Economic Justice · Embodied cognition · Gender justice · Indigenous · Latin Americans · Normalization (sociology · Poison control · Political science · Power (physics · Sexual violence · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Structural violence · Suicide prevention · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Sex work and related issues