Issue Editor: Tamar Diana Wilson
Violence against women takes a number of forms. It can be domestic violence, whether emotional, economic, sexual or physical. Sexual violence may include everything from marital rape to incest; physical aggression involves perpetuating bodily harm and can lead to disability or death. It can be workplace violence in which women’s bodies are used up in local factories, then trashed following an imperative that a minimum turnover is needed to ensure flexibility of production. It can be outright murder, often accompanied by sexual violation, occurring during civil wars or in border spaces such as that of Ciudad Juárez. Rape is a weapon of control and terror used against women and undermining the honor of their families and perpetuated by soldiers acting in the name of the state. Rape or the threat of rape has been, since the time of the conquistadores until the present used against insurgents and indigenous women. U.S. border patrol agents have also used rape against undocumented Mexican and Central American women caught crossing the border clandestinely. Violence can take the form of forced prostitution, sometimes before the age of maturity, or rape upon crossing borders. Other forms of violence against women that keep them subordinate can also be documented. This special issue calls for papers on any of these aspects of violence against women in Latin America. Single country or multi-country studies are welcome.
SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS
We prefer to receive submissions by November 30, 2011. After that date, contact Latin American Perspectives or the issue editor to see if additional submissions are still being accepted.
Manuscripts should be no longer than 25 pages (approximately 7,000-7,500 words) of double-spaced 12 point text with 1 inch margins, including notes and references, and paginated. Please follow the LAP style guide which is available at www.latinamericanperspectives.com under the “Submissions” tab. Please use the “About” tab for the LAP Mission Statement and details about the manuscript review process. The LAP style guide is available on request or online.
Manuscripts may be submitted in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. If submitting in Spanish or Portuguese, please indicate if you will have difficulty reading correspondence from the LAP office in English.
All manuscripts should be original work that has not been published in English and that is not being submitted to or considered for publication elsewhere in identical or similar form.
Please feel free to contact the Issue Editors with questions pertaining to the issue but be sure that manuscripts (including separate file with basic biographical information and e-mail and postal addresses) are sent to the LAP office in Word or rtf format by e-mail to: laps@ucr.edu with the subject line – “YOUR NAME – MS for "ISSUE NAME”
In addition to electronic submission (e-mail, or CD-R or floppy disk if unable to send by e-mail) if possible submit two print copies including a cover sheet with basic biographical and contact information to: Managing Editor, Latin American Perspectives¸ P.O. Box 5703, Riverside, California 92517-5703
Editor contact information:
Tamar Diana Wilson - tamardiana@yahoo.com