Exploring representations of Latinx people from Scarface to Narcos,
this book examines how pop culture has framed Latin America as the
villain in America’s long and ineffectual War on Drugs. If there
is an enemy in the War on Drugs, it is people of color. That is the
lesson of forty years of cultural production in the United States.
Popular culture, from Scarface and Miami Vice to Narcos and Better
Call Saul, has continually positioned Latinos as an alien people
who threaten the US body politic with drugs. Jason Ruiz explores
the creation and endurance of this trope, its effects on Latin
Americans and Latinx people, and its role in the cultural politics
of the War on Drugs. Even as the focus of drug anxiety has shifted
over the years from cocaine to crack and from methamphetamines to
opioids, and even as significant strides have been made in
representational politics in many areas of pop culture, Latinx
people remain an unshakeable fixture in stories narrating the
production, distribution, and sale of narcotics. Narcomedia argues
that such representations of Latinx people, regardless of the
intentions of their creators, are best understood as a cultural
front in the War on Drugs. Latinos and Latin Americans are not
actually America’s drug problem, yet many Americans think
otherwise—and that is in no small part because popular culture
has largely refused to imagine the drug trade any other way.
General
| Imprint: |
University Of Texas Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Latinx: The Future Is Now |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Jason Ruiz
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4773-2819-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4773-2819-X |
| Barcode: |
9781477328194 |
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