... as genetically distinctive, as if it could be distinguished in genetic terms from other neighboring nations. Above all, the message of the project was that Mexico was genetically “mestizo” (roughly translatable as “mixed race”), thus underwriting the image of the mestizo nation that had been at the heart...

... the last point with a test case, the public controversy about the configuration of state institutions that took place during the past ten years in Mexico. The controversy had ample coverage in national media, and it contributed to a series of institutional conflicts—still ongoing—at the highest levels...

... in Mexico, feminist scholars opened the door for holding the state accountable for its inaction against these crimes, paving the way toward reshaping the country’s criminal code and the implementation of social policies that adequately protect women’s lives. Investigating these interventions in the context...