Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Américas

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. -- Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El Paso
Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Américas is an ambitious project that makes an important connection between gendered violence and reproductive justice, placing issues as diverse as abortion restrictions and feminicidios within the context of the global epidemic of violence against women. Grounded in intersectionality and offering a specifically Chicana feminist perspective, Hernández and De Los Santos Upton’s analyses of media coverage of women’s health issues in American and Latin American contexts point to the urgent need for media and activists to take up a reproductive justice framework. -- Tasha N. Dubriwny, Texas A&M University