Transnational sexual and gendered violence

An application of border sexual conquest at a Mexico-US border

Bibliographic Data

ID4896950
AuthorsM C Morales (0009-0005-5172-8653, The University of Texas at El Paso, corresponding author), Cynthia Bejarano (New Mexico State University)
Year2009
Volume9
Issue3
Pages420-439
Publication date2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00261.x
OpenAlexW2043792768
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited50

Drawing on transnational and postcolonial feminism, we discuss the phenomenon of border sexual conquest to highlight structural sexual and gendered violence that is exacerbated by the subjugation of local place and by the global political economy. While we have gained important insights from the literature on gender and transnationalism, the processes of sexual violence and gendered violence are underdeveloped. We focus our analysis on the Mexico-US border cities of Cuidad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, USA. We argue that what we call border sexual conquest confronts the feminicides in Juárez and the female proletariats on both sides of the border. Moreover, while structural violence approaches under theorize struggles over power, the perspective of border sexual conquest highlights how processes of conquest intertwine with women's resistance

Ancient history · CONQUEST · Criminology · Political science · Politics · Sexual violence · Sociology · Transnationalism · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Sex work and related issues

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