Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders

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Arte Publico Press

Annotation: Von Villa, a women's studies professor who travels to Mexico to arrange for an adoption of a baby for herself and her female lover, discovers the pregnant mother has been murdered, an apparent victim of a serial killer, and vows to find the person responsible for the killings.

Genre: [Mystery fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #5894936

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Edition Date: 2005 Release Date: 08/01/07

Pages: vi, 346 pages

ISBN: 1-558-85508-4

ISBN 13: 978-1-558-85508-3

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Americans. Mexico. Fiction.
Pregnant women. Crimes against. Fiction.
Adoption. Fiction.
Lesbians. Fiction.
Mexican-American Border Region. Fiction.
El Paso (Tex.). Fiction.
Mexico. Fiction.

Language: English

Reading Level: 9.0

Interest Level: 9+

This incisive mystery novel delves into the violent deaths of young women plaguing the U.S. / Mexico border and ponders the effects of patriarchy, gender identity, border culture, transnationalism, and globalization on an international crisis.

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