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According to media reports, Latin America is one of the most
violent regions in the world - a distinction it held throughout the
twentieth century. The authors of Violence and Crime in Latin
America contend that perceptions and representations of violence
and crime directly impact such behaviors, creating profound
consequences for the political and social fabric of Latin American
nations. Written by distinguished scholars of Latin American
history, sociology, anthropology, and political science, the essays
in this volume range from Mexico and Argentina to Colombia and
Brazil in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, addressing such
issues as extralegal violence in Mexico, the myth of indigenous
criminality in Guatemala, and governments' selective blindness to
violent crime in Brazil and Jamaica. The authors in this collection
examine not only the social construction and political visibility
of violence and crime in Latin America, but the justifications for
them as well. Analytically and historically, these essays show how
Latin American citizens have sanctioned criminal and violent
practices and incorporated them into social relations, everyday
practices, and institutional settings. At the same time, the
authors explore the power struggles that inform distinctions
between illegitimate versus legitimate violence. Violence and Crime
in Latin America makes a substantive contribution to understanding
a key problem facing Latin America today. In its historical depth
and ethnographic reach, this original and thought-provoking volume
enhances our understanding of crime and violence throughout the
Western Hemisphere.
In this second volume of the groundbreaking survey, Michael J.
Pfeifer edits a collection of essays that illuminates lynching and
other extrajudicial "rough justice" as a transnational phenomenon
responding to cultural and legal issues. The volume's
European-themed topics explore why three communities of medieval
people turned to mob violence, and the ways exclusion from formal
institutions fueled peasant rough justice in Russia. Essays on
Latin America examine how lynching in the United States influenced
Brazilian debates on race and informal justice, and how shifts in
religious and political power drove lynching in twentieth-century
Mexico. Finally, scholars delve into English Canadians' use of
racist and mob violence to craft identity; the Communist Party's
Depression-era campaign against lynching in the United States; and
the transnational links that helped form--and later emanated
from--Wisconsin's notoriously violent skinhead movement in the late
twentieth century. Contributors: Brent M. S. Campney, Amy Chazkel,
Stephen P. Frank, Dean J. Kotlowski, Michael J. Pfeifer, Gema
Santamaria, Ryan Shaffer, and Hannah Skoda.
In this second volume of the groundbreaking survey, Michael J.
Pfeifer edits a collection of essays that illuminates lynching and
other extrajudicial "rough justice" as a transnational phenomenon
responding to cultural and legal issues. The volume's
European-themed topics explore why three communities of medieval
people turned to mob violence, and the ways exclusion from formal
institutions fueled peasant rough justice in Russia. Essays on
Latin America examine how lynching in the United States influenced
Brazilian debates on race and informal justice, and how shifts in
religious and political power drove lynching in twentieth-century
Mexico. Finally, scholars delve into English Canadians' use of
racist and mob violence to craft identity; the Communist Party's
Depression-era campaign against lynching in the United States; and
the transnational links that helped form--and later emanated
from--Wisconsin's notoriously violent skinhead movement in the late
twentieth century. Contributors: Brent M. S. Campney, Amy Chazkel,
Stephen P. Frank, Dean J. Kotlowski, Michael J. Pfeifer, Gema
Santamaria, Ryan Shaffer, and Hannah Skoda.
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