The sociocultural dimensions of gender-based violence in Afro-Mexican communities in the coastal region of Oaxaca, Mexico
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Authors
Sartini, Ilaria
Issue Date
2022-04-24
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Afro-Mexican Women , Machismo , Gender-Based Violence , Violence Dimensions
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Abstract
In Mexico, as part of the historical and political context, race heavily influences a person’s opportunities. Moreover, the data refer to a scenario of normalized gender-based violence caused by sociocultural practices, the lack of application of the laws, and structural discrimination. Given this precedent, the purpose of this study is to analyze the social and physical dimensions of gender-based violence in an Afro-Mexican community in the south of Mexico. The techniques used to gather data for this study consist of a variety of styles of interviews with a group of Afro-Mexican women from the Costa Chica of Oaxaca, who are survivors of gender-based violence, and participant observation obtained through conducting ethnographic fieldwork in Oaxaca. The social phenomena of emigration and alcohol and drug consumption, in combination with the cultural dimensions of the machista practices in this region of Mexico, are the material and immaterial spaces where GBV is produced and reproduced daily. An intersectional perspective of the context can be helpful when collecting data for effective and well-grounded public policies and intervention projects established on a feminist and women-centered perspective.
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Citation
Sartini, I. (2022). The Sociocultural Dimensions of Gender-Based Violence in Afro-Mexican Communities in the Coastal Region of Oaxaca, Mexico. Social Sciences, 11(5), 188. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci11050188
Publisher
Social Sciences