Gender Transitions Along Borders

Marlene Solís is currently a Researcher and Professor in the Department of Social Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF). She holds a PhD in social sciences with a specialty in regional studies from COLEF, and a Master’s in urban development from El Colegio de México (Mexico College).

Introduction A Feminist View of Borders, Marlene Solí; Part I Gender and Borders: Theoretical Aspects; Chapter 1 Global Borders: A Gender Interpretation, Natalia Ribas-Mateos; Chapter 2 Work, Family, and Gender Relations on the Northern Border of Mexicor, Silvia López Estrada; Work and Family in global Companies; Chapter 3 Women’s Work in Northern Morocco: Emancipation or Exploitation?, Nadia Naïr, Zohra El-Khamlichi; Chapter 4 The Symbolic Place of Female Workers in the Borderland Export Industry: The Case of Morocco, Rosa María Soriano Miras, Antonio Trinidad, Kathryn Kopinak, Jenna L. Hennebry; Chapter 5 A Comparison of Family Cultures among Migrants with Work Experience in Export Processing Industries in Mexico and Morocco, Kathryn Kopinak, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Rosa Ma. Soriano Miras, Antonio Trinidad, Jenna L. Hennebry; Part III Sexuality and Sexual Violence; Chapter 6 Young Women in Tijuana and Growing Cohabitation Rates, Norma Ojeda de la Peña; Chapter 7 Being a Homosexual Woman in the Borderlands: Stories Told by Couples Living in Matamoros, Oscar Misael Hernández-Hernández; Chapter 8 The Bodies of the Trafficked, Helena Maleno; Part IV Women’s Resistance and Collective Action; Chapter 9 Associations, Gender, and Feminism in Tangiers: A Reflection on the Current Conditions of Political Change Taking Place in the Arab World, Mercedes Jiménez Álvarez; Chapter 10 The Factor X Experience: Women with a Dark Soul, Marlene Solís;