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Sexual Violence as the Language of Border Control: Where French Feminist and Anti‐immigrant Rhetoric Meet

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Ticktin, Miriam·2008·Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
DOI 10.1086/528851
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When I first arrived in the Paris region in 1999 to do research on the struggle by undocumented immigrants (les sans papiers) for basic human rights, discussions of violence against women were remarkably absent from the public arena. Nongovernmental organizations and researchers had begun to broach the topic, but with little public visibility. However, this changed in late 2000, with a media explosion on the issue of les tournantes, or the gang rapes committed in the banlieues of Paris. Such tournantes involve boys “taking turns” with their friends’ girlfriends, both parties usually being of Maghrebian or North African origin.

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Authors
Ticktin, M.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Ticktin, Miriam
ORCID
Ticktin, Miriam
Venue
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2008-06
Volume
33
Issue
4
Pages
863-889
ISSN
  • 0097-9740 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-6943
DOI
10.1086/528851
OpenAlex
W2000664261
Cited by
146
References
31
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Signs (publishedVersion)
  • CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Gender and Women's Rights
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
Keywords
sexual violence, border control, feminist rhetoric, anti-immigrant rhetoric, undocumented immigrants, violence against women, gang rape, banlieues, Maghrebi immigrants, Paris, human rights

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