Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders

<p><em>Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders </em>is the first study of its kind to bring a gender perspective to studies on violence and illegal markets in the region.</p><p>Analyzing the structural problems that create inequality and enable gendered violence in Mexico Guatemala Colombia Ecuador Peru Bolivia Brazil and Argentina the authors offer a critique of the securitization of borders and the criminalization of human mobility and propose alternatives to reduce violence. Newspaper reports on gender and the variables of violence human trafficking people smuggling missing persons victims and perpetrators uncover the production and reproduction of discourses and images related to violence. Interviews with strategic actors from nongovernmental organizations academia as well as public policy makers diversify the experiences from the different voices of authority.</p><p><i>Gender and Embodied Geographies in Latin American Borders </i>encourages us to continue to question silence impunity the restriction of mobility the dehumanization of securitization policies and the institutionalization of gender violence. A welcomed must read for scholars researchers policy makers and students of gender studies security studies and migration.</p>