Infamy (eBook)

Lydia Cacho (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
356 Seiten
Catapult (Verlag)
978-1-61902-809-8 (ISBN)

Infos

In 2005, after publishing her book The Demons of Edenwhere she denounced the very powerful men behind the a Mexican child pornography ringLydia Cacho became a target. Exactly eight months after the publication of the book, one morning as she was making her way to work, Lydia was apprehended by the police from the neighboring state of Puebla, and taken into custody during a nightmarish 24 hours during which she was tortured, intimidated and abused.In this chilling memoir, comparable to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel, Lydia tells her story and exposes the horrific ways in which womenand young girls in particularare abused then disposed of, while an oftentimes corrupt government simply sits and watches.

Autor

Lydia Cacho is a Mexican journalist, author and a feminist activist. She has published seven books, one of them is the award-winning Manual to Prevent, Detect and Heal Child Sexual Abuse (Con Mi Hijo No). Currently Ms. Cacho is a columnist with El Universal, the main daily newspaper in Mexico, and a workshop teacher on successful approaches to help trafficking victims and on Community Schools for Peace: a holistic approach to negotiate conflicts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-61902-809-3 / 1619028093
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61902-809-8 / 9781619028098