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“Calling a state a state”: Feminist politics and the policing of violence against women in Brazil

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This article was presented to the program in Atlantic History, Culture and Society at Johns Hopkins University.

a visiting researcher at the Nucleo de Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre a Mulher, Universidade Federal da Bahia.

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Hautzinger, S. “Calling a state a state”: Feminist politics and the policing of violence against women in Brazil. Gender Issues 15, 3–30 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860606

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