Drug Cartels Do Not Exist (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Serie
Critical Mexican Studies
Antal sidor
206
Utgivningsdatum
2022-05-15
Förlag
Vanderbilt University Press
Översättare
William Savinar
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 12 mm
Vikt
309 g
ISBN
9780826504661

Drug Cartels Do Not Exist

Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture

av Oswaldo Zavala
Häftad,  Engelska, 2022-05-15
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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 BolaÑo, 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.
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Oswaldo Zavala is a professor of contemporary Latin American literature and culture with a joint appointment at the College of Staten Island and at The Graduate Center, both institutions part of the City University of New York (CUNY) William Savinar is a writer, translator, and English teacher living in Mexico City.

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