More or Less Dead: Feminicide, Haunting, and the Ethics of Representation in Mexico

Synopsis

Through Interviews With Filmmakers, Photographers, Artists, And Writers, This Book Analyzes How Victims Of Gender Violence Have Been Represented In The Mainstream Media And How A Number Of Writers, Filmmakers, And Artists Work Against This Trope To Humanize The Victims Of These Crimes--provided By Publisher. Preface : Disappearances Have To Disappear -- Introduction : Feminicide And Memory Creation -- Interview : Photographer Julián Cardona On Juárez And The Limits Of Photography -- Monuments, Memorials, Graffiti, And Street Art : Memory Creation In An Apocalyptic Landscape -- Interview : Writer Charles Bowden On Feminicide And The Asethetics Of Violence In Juárez -- More Or Less Dead : Literary Representations Of Feminicide In Juárez : The Laboratory Of Our Future -- Interview : Filmmaker Ursula Biemann On Feminicide In Ciudad Juárez -- Representations Of Feminicide In Documentary Film : Searching For Ecotestimonios -- Interview : Writer And Filmmaker Mario Bellatin On Dark Humor And The Horror Of Postmodernity -- The Death Of Humanity And The Human -- Epilogue : Salvaging The Luminosity Of A Lost City. Alice Driver. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 175-187), Filmography (pages 189-190) And Index.