Transnational sexual and gendered violence: An application of border sexual conquest at a Mexico - US border

Global Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 420-439

  Morales, Maria Cristina ^a   Bejarano, Cynthia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border sexual conquest; Gender; Transnationalism; Us mexico border; Violence

Indexed keywords

BORDER SEXUAL CONQUEST; GENDER; TRANSNATIONALISM; US - MEXICO BORDER; VIOLENCE;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; VIOLENCE;

CHIHUAHUA; EL PASO; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650257678     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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