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Surviving Mexico : resistance and resilience among journalists in the twenty-first century / Celeste González de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly.
LIBRA PN4974.V56 G66 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- González de Bustamante, Celeste, 1965- author.
- Relly, Jeannine E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalists--Violence against--Mexico--History--21st century.
- Journalists.
- Journalists--Violence against--Mexico--Prevention--History--21st century.
- Journalists--Political activity--Mexico--History--21st century.
- State-sponsored terrorism--Mexico--History--21st century.
- State-sponsored terrorism.
- Corporations--Corrupt practices--Mexico--History--21st century.
- Corporations.
- Organized crime--Mexico--History--21st century.
- Organized crime.
- Corporations--Corrupt practices.
- Journalists--Political activity.
- Journalists--Violence against.
- History.
- Mexico.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "The book examines networks of state/political power, business interests, and organized crime that threaten and attack journalists in Mexico, where more than 150 journalists have been killed since 2000, and reveals how Mexican journalists have turned to one another and to their communities to resist pressures and create their own networks of resilience"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Past, Place, and Politics of Violence against Journalists
- ch. 1 How Journalists Became Their Own Activists: A Historical Perspective
- ch. 2 Place Matters: The Promise and Limits of the Periphery
- ch. 3 Moving Targets and Perpetrators: Mercurial Violence, Ownership, and Changing Journalism Practices
- pt. II Murdering the Messengers and Controlling the Message
- ch. 4 Red Light, Green Light: Strategies of Resistance among Journalists in the Peripheries
- ch. 5 The Personal and Familial Toll: Violence, Trauma, and Resilience
- ch. 6 Social Media, Digital Insecurity, and Journalists' Safety
- pt. III Structured and Unstructured Attempts to Save Journalism and Journalists
- ch. 7 Attempts to Intervene
- ch. 8 State Actors, Violence, and Resilience among Organized Crime Groups
- ch. 9 Women on the Frontline: Resistance and Resilience in Ciudad Juarez.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781477323380
- 1477323384
- 9781477323694
- 1477323694
- OCLC:
- 1201669679
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