In this Book
- Decoding Gender: Law and Practice in Contemporary Mexico
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
Gender discrimination pervades nearly all legal institutions and practices in Latin America. The deeper question is how this shapes broader relations of power. By examining the relationship between law and gender as it manifests itself in the Mexican legal system, the thirteen essays in this volume show how law is produced by, but also perpetuates, unequal power relations. At the same time, however, authors show how law is often malleable and can provide spaces for negotiation and redress. The contributors (including political scientists, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists, and economists) explore these issues-not only in courts, police stations, and prisons, but also in rural organizations, indigenous communities, and families.By bringing new interdisciplinary perspectives to issues such as the quality of citizenship and the rule of law in present-day Mexico, this book raises important issues for research on the relationship between law and gender more widely.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xviii
- Part One: Discourses on Law and Sexuality
- Part Two: Gender at the Intersection of Law and Custom
- Part Three: Legal Constructions of Marriage and the Family
- 7. Domesticating the Law
- pp. 145-161
- Part Four: Legal Reform and the Politics of Gender
- 10. Law and the Politics of Abortion
- pp. 197-212
- Bibliography
- pp. 239-264
- Notes on Contributors
- pp. 265-270
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813541594
Related ISBN(s)
9780813540504
MARC Record
OCLC
595542743
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No