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The maternal contract : a subaltern response to extreme violence in the Americas /

In 'The Maternal Contract', Elva F. Orozco Mendoza traces the mobilization of mothers' organizations that first emerged in the 1970s as distinctive modes of collective action against state violence in the Americas. Drawing on the insight and work of four mothers' organizations, O...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orozco-Mendoza, Elva Fabiola
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Studies in subaltern Latina/o politics.
Subjects:
Government, Resistance to > Latin America.
Mothers of disappeared persons > Latin America.
Mothers of murder victims > Latin America.
Mothers of political prisoners > Latin America.
Pressure groups > Latin America.
State-sponsored terrorism > Latin America.
Résistance au gouvernement > Amérique latine.
Terrorisme d'État > Amérique latine.
Mères de victimes d'homicide > Amérique latine.
History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Human Rights.
Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Government, Resistance to
Mothers of murder victims
Mothers of political prisoners
Pressure groups
State-sponsored terrorism
Latin America
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In 'The Maternal Contract', Elva F. Orozco Mendoza traces the mobilization of mothers' organizations that first emerged in the 1970s as distinctive modes of collective action against state violence in the Americas. Drawing on the insight and work of four mothers' organizations, Orozco Mendoza introduces a novel theoretical framework to illustrate how these organizations create and advance their own caretaking structures in the absence of substantive political rights and representation.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197808290
0197808298