Date of Award

1-1-2023

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 188 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Alejandra Bronfman

Committee Members

Barbara Sutton, Jennifer Burrell, Elizabeth Manley

Keywords

Women, Transnationalism

Subject Categories

Caribbean Languages and Societies

Abstract

My dissertation contributes to the study of feminicide and violence against women through a unique analysis of what Cecilia Menjívar calls “multisided forms of violence”, to which I add the transnational experience. Focused on the Dominican Republic, this dissertation asks what are women’s experiences of multisided violence; how do they respond, react, and resist; and what effect does transnationalism play? Informed by 16 months of ethnography, utilizing participant observation, content analysis, and 50 semi-structured interviews, my findings demonstrate that, due to the failure of bureaucratic policies and mechanisms to guarantee women’s safety, survivors are forced to negotiate social, political, and economic forces to protect themselves and their children.

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