The “body-territories” of forced displacement in Mexico: a feminist analysis of the contemporary geographies of terror

Authors

  • Emanuela Borzacchiello Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- UAM Xochimilco
  • Valentina Glockner Fagetti Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas del CINVESTAV
  • Rebecca María Torres Universidad de Texas en Austin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29092/uacm.v19i50.949

Keywords:

Internal forced displacement, decolonial, feminist geography, feminicidal violence, Mexico

Abstract

This paper examines in-depth the root causes and consequences of Mexican forced displacement from a decolonial feminist perspective, emphasizing the intersections between the body and territory. The absence of quantitative and qualitative data on internal forced displacement in Mexico erases people and communities from the territory, making them invisible along the migratory routes and making them disappear on the map of contemporary geographies of terror. In this article, we focus on the embodied experiences of women, drawing upon extensive multi-sited binational research along the Mexico-US border. Their testimonies allow an understanding of forced displacement beyond passive and re-victimizing narratives.

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Author Biographies

Emanuela Borzacchiello, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- UAM Xochimilco

Investigadora Posdoctoral Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- UAM Xochimilco. Especialista de violencias feminicidas, feminicidio y archivos feministas

Valentina Glockner Fagetti, Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas del CINVESTAV

Antropóloga adscrita al Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas del CINVESTAV, Ciudad de México.

Rebecca María Torres, Universidad de Texas en Austin

Profesora asociada del Departamento de Geografía y Medio Ambiente y del Instituto Teresa Lozano Long de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LLILAS) de la Universidad de Texas en Austin (UT), Estados Unidos.

Published

2022-10-03