Craven Emotional Warriors

Mitchell, Katharyne (editor) / Wright, Melissa W. (author)

Practising Public Scholarship ; 29-35

Antipode

2008-09-26

7 pages

9781444307375 , 9781405189125

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444307375.ch4

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

“femicide” in Mexico–US border , Craven Emotional Warriors , elites' charge ‐ activists are radical “feminists” , “global feminisms” , Mexican feminists , right‐wing editorialist ‐ taking cheap shots at scholars in women's studies , Mexican women targeted with loaded weapons ‐ when she dares to make herself seen and heard in public sphere , public woman (“la mujer p′ublica”) , women's studies departments ‐ scholarship, classes, and professional existence as feminists ‐ matter of public debate , why women are called “ideological crackpots” or “locas”