{"product_id":"cultural-representations-of-feminicidio-at-the-us-mexico-border","title":"Cultural Representations of Feminicidio at the US-Mexico Border","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the early 1990s, the repeated murders of women from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico have become something of a global cause célèbre. \u003cem\u003eCultural Representations of \u003c\/em\u003eFeminicidio \u003cem\u003eat the US-Mexico Border\u003c\/em\u003e examines creative responses to these acts of violence. It reveals how theatre, art, film, fiction and other popular cultural forms seek to remember and mourn the female victims of violent death in the city at the same time as they interrogate the political, legal and societal structures that produce the crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDifferent chapters examine the varying art forms to engage with Ciudad Juárez’s feminicidal wave. Finnegan discusses Àlex Rigola’s theatrical adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s novel \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e by Teatre Lliure in Barcelona as well as painting about the victims of \u003ci\u003efeminicidio\u003c\/i\u003e by Irish painter Brian Maguire. There is analysis of documentary film about Ciudad Juárez, including Lourdes Portillo’s acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSeñorita Extraviada\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). The final chapter turns its attention to writing about feminicide and examines testimonial and crime fiction narratives like the mystery novel \u003ci\u003eDesert Blood: The Juárez Murders\u003c\/i\u003e by Alicia Gaspar de Alba, among other examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy drawing on a range of artistic responses to the murders in Ciudad Juárez, \u003cem\u003eCultural Representations of \u003c\/em\u003eFeminicidio \u003cem\u003eat the US-Mexico Border\u003c\/em\u003e shows how art, film, theatre and fiction can unsettle official narratives about the crimes and undo the static paradigms that are frequently used to interpret them. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54073390530904,"sku":null,"price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138482173_e3f8b816-dd90-4a0c-ab98-61ca25ae889b.jpg?v=1769589012","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cultural-representations-of-feminicidio-at-the-us-mexico-border","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}