This book presents an original study of the heterogeneous realities evidenced in both the northern borderlands of Mexico and of Morocco. Significantly, the interdisciplinary approach enriches and breaks paradigms about globalization and gender showing, for example, that the transformations within the manufacturing realm require a reassessment of the meaning of traditional womanhood and of power relations. This research contributes to the knowledge of women's reality in differing spheres of life. - Beatriz Castilla Ramos, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico.
This multi-layered nexus of globalization and survival, migration and work, gender, identity and family, offers a much-needed contribution to the scholarship. Moreover, the collection's emphasis on violence and vulnerability, as well as transnational feminist resistance in the form of grassroots collective action makes this book a signal achievement. This comparative approach is of great significance for international scholars and activists, as well as anyone interested in women's rights and human rights, particularly in transnational settings. - Cynthia Bejarano, New Mexico State University, USA
Preface; Introduction: a feminist view of borders, Marlene Solis. Part I Gender and Borders: Theoretical Aspects: Global borders: a gender interpretation, Natalia Ribas-Mateos; Work, family, and gender relations on the northern border of Mexico, Silvia Lopez Estrada. Part II Work and Family in Global Companies: Women's work in northern Morocco: emancipation or exploitation?, Nadia Nair and Zohra El-Khamlichi; The symbolic place of female workers in the borderland export industry: the case of Morocco, Rosa Ma. Soriano Miras, Antonio Trinidad, Kathryn Kopinak and Jenna Hennebry; A comparison of family cultures among migrants with work experience in export processing industries in Mexico and Morocco, Kathryn Kopinak, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Rosa Maria Soriano Miras, Antonio Trinidad and Jenna Hennebry. Part III Sexuality and Sexual Violence: Young women in Tijuana and growing cohabitation rates, Norma Ojeda de la Pena; Being a homosexual woman in the borderlands: stories told by couples living in Matamoros, Oscar Misael Hernandez-Hernandez; The bodies of the trafficked, Helena Maleno. Part IV Women's Resistance and Collective Action: Associations, gender, and feminism in Tangier: a reflection on the current conditions of political change taking place in the Arab world, Mercedes Jimenez Alvarez; The factor X experience: women with a dark soul, Marlene Solis; Epilogue, Marianne Marchand. References; Interviews; Index.