Border crossings and sexual conquest in the age of neoliberalism in the Sonoran Desert

Michelle Téllez; William Paul Simmons; Mariana del Hierro

doi:10.1080/14616742.2018.1516513

Border crossings and sexual conquest in the age of neoliberalism in the Sonoran Desert

Michelle Téllez, William Paul Simmons, Mariana del Hierro

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Abstract

This article examines the liminal space of the desert borderlands as a scene of routinized sexualized and gendered violence against migrant women border crossers. We explore the human consequences of a philosophy of attrition that is the cornerstone of the US immigration system. Using border sexual conquest and the coloniality of power as lenses, we examine how global neoliberalism represents a form of contemporary conquest that normalizes sexual and gendered violence at transnational locations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	524-541
Number of pages	18
Journal	International Feminist Journal of Politics
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2018.1516513
State	Published - Oct 2 2018

Keywords

Conquest
US/Mexico border
neoliberalism
sexual and gendered violence

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Gender Studies
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations

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