Women's fear of violence in mexico city. A matter of spatial justice

Authors

  • Paula Soto Villagrán Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between spatial divisions and genre divisions in the social construction of fear as an essential element of ways of living from the spatial experience of women as a collective group. This research focuses on the case of a popular settlement in Mexico City, stressing the spatial dimensions of fear of violence and its relationship with spatial and genre justice.

Author Biography

Paula Soto Villagrán, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa

Ph.D. Anthropological Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de México. Professor and researcher, Departamento de Sociología de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico DF.