RaveThe Latino Book ReviewA thoughtful interdisciplinary study on the relationship between criminal law, gender, and femininity ... the homicidas emerge from this investigation as actual, sentient human beings. Trabucco Zerán acknowledges her subjects’ capacity to destruct and wound and deceive on their own volition, recognizing their agency even as she grounds their violence within the context of their sociopolitical circumstances. As a result of her empathic analysis, the stories in this book cease their role as cautionary tales levelled at nonconformist women, and instead reveal themselves as proof of Chile’s narrow conceptions of womanhood and femininity. Riveting and unapologetic, Las homicidas underscores the need for a more equitable society, a world that does not seek to repress the possibilities of what women can do and say and be.
