Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Organized crime
|
Buy Now
Drug Cartels Do Not Exist - Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,954
Discovery Miles 29 540
|
|
Drug Cartels Do Not Exist - Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture (Hardcover)
Series: Critical Mexican Studies
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Through political and cultural analysis of representations of the
so-called war on drugs, Oswaldo Zavala makes the case that the very
terms we use to describe drug traffickers are a constructed
subterfuge for the real narcos: politicians, corporations, and the
military. Though Donald Trump's incendiary comments and monstrous
policies on the border reveal the character of a deeply depraved
leader, state violence on both sides of the border is nothing new.
Immigration has endured as a prevailing news topic, but it is a
fixture of modern society in the neoliberal era; the future will be
one of exile brought on by state violence and the plundering of our
natural resources to sate capitalist greed. Yet, the realities of
violence in Mexico and along the border are obscured by the books,
films, and TV series we consume. In truth, works like Sicario, The
Queen of the South, and Narcos hide Mexico's political realities.
Along with these examples, Zavala discusses Charles Bowden, 2666 by
Roberto BolaNo, and other important Latin American writers as
examples of works that do capture the realities of the drug war.
Drug Cartels Do Not Exist will be useful for journalists, political
scientists, philosophers, and writers of any kind who wish to break
down the constructed barriers-physical and mental-created by those
in power around the reality of the Mexican drug trade.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.