@article{1355795,
      recid = {1355795},
      author = {Norelli, Gianfranco. and Surrentino, Bruno.},
      title = {City of dreams [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (45 min.).},
      year = {2001},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Juarez is often called "City of Dreams" because hundreds  of thousands of young women have been drawn to this  frontier town from the most impoverished regions of Mexico.  They aspire to a life free from poverty and free from the  male-dominated traditional family and village. Since 1993  over two hundred of these young women have been murdered,  and the crimes barely investigated. Many of the victims  were assembly-line workers in the over four hundred mostly  US-owned factories. This compelling documentary focuses on  the social causes at the root of the unsolved murders. The  factories, known as "maquiladoras" have brought the city  jobs and opportunities otherwise rare in Mexico, but also  enormous social changes as a result of free trade and  globalization. Mexican human rights activists consider  these women casualties in a deeper gender conflict caused  by rapid changes in the male/female roles. In a country  dominated by machismo, the women's independence as  breadwinners has fuelled resentment. Sociologists and  political scientists worldwide regard Juarez as a microcosm  of the emerging global economy, where capital moves freely  and labor is trapped by borders.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355795},
}