Femicide Under the Eclipse of Narco-Conflict in Ciudad Juarez: Examining the Relationship Between Gender Violence and the Question of the Failed State Open Access

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Femicide Under the Eclipse of Narco-Conflict in Ciudad Juarez: Examining the Relationship
Between Gender Violence and the Question of the Failed State
By
Jenny Karubian

This thesis examines violence against women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico in light of the narcotics
conflict in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. The central theme of this thesis is the relationship
between violence and state formation, and the ways in which violence against women bolstered
state authority during an era of relative peace. While over five thousand disappearances and five
hundred confirmed sexually motivated murders did not delegitimize state authority, the recent
rash of violence has directly undermined state power. This thesis historically situates these two
eras of violence in order to examine the relationship between violence against women and state
authority.

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Femicide Under the Eclipse of Narco-Conflict in Ciudad Juarez: Examining the Relationship
Between Gender Violence and the Question of the Failed State
By Jenny Karubian
M.A., New School for Social Research, 2007
B.A, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
Advisor: Carla Freeman, Ph.D.
An abstract of a thesis submitted to the faculty of the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies
of Emory University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in
Women's Studies, 2011.

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Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………….1
Historical Background…………………..…………………………………….………………….5
NAFTA, the Disappeared, and the Solidification of State Power……………………………......9
Violence and the Unmaking of the State...………………………………………………………15
Conclusion…...…………………………………………………………………………………..19
Bibliography ................................................................................................................................21

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School	Laney Graduate School
Department	Women's Studies
Degree	MA
Submission	Master's Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Anthropology, Cultural Gender Studies Women's Studies
Keyword	Femicide failed state Ciudad Juarez US-Mexico Border Narco Conflict drug war
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Freeman, Carla, Emory University
Committee Members	Scully, Pamela F, Emory University

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