I found the documentary on the City of Lost Girls to be especially interesting. I found it intriguing enough to do some further research on it. Here are some sites I came across (most of the information overlap/repeat):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov/02/mexico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2dpnNohz4o
^video about journalist Diana Washington Valdez talking about her investigation of the murders in Ciudad Juarez; it's a 6 minute video
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Dear Kristin,
ReplyDeletehere are some further resources, they should be available via Journal Data Resources via Binghamton. Several Facebook Groups also deal with the femicides. There are also poetry references.
Sources:
Schmidt Camacho, Alicia R.: Ciudadana X: Gender Violence and the Denationalization of Women's Rights in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The New Centennial Review, Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 2005, pp. 255-292.
Livingston, Jessica: Murder in Juarez: Gender, Sexual Violence, and the Global Assembly Line. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Volume 25, Number 1, 2004, pp. 59-76.
Literary narratives:
Agosin, Marjorie: Secrets in the Sand: The Young Women of Juarez, 2006.
Duarte Stella Pope: If I Die in Juárez/Camino Del Sol. University of Arizona Press, 2008.