Abstract

SOUSA, Tania Teixeira Laky de. Femicide: a reading from feminist look. Ex aequo [online]. 2016, n.34, pp.13-29. ISSN 0874-5560.  https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.22355/exaequo.2016.34.02.

The aim of this study is to formulate an approach on the femicide phenomenon from the analysis of the categories of difference and hierarchy, understood in the context of feminist studies, having as initial motivation the legal debate about the relevance of specific legislation and its effectiveness in reversing the conditions that motivate violence against women.

Keywords : feminicide; gender violence; woman; hierarchy; difference.

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