Inter-America Series – serie
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12 produkter
El Narcotraficante
Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.–Mexico Border
Häftad, 2003
274 kr
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Since the late 1970s, a new folk hero has risen to prominence in the U.S.-Mexico border region and beyond-the narcotrafficker. Celebrated in the narcocorrido, a current form of the traditional border song known as the corrido, narcotraffickers are often portrayed as larger-than-life "social …
Border Identifications
Narratives of Religion, Gender, and Class on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Av Pablo Vila
Häftad, 2005
331 kr
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From poets to sociologists, many people who write about life on the U.S.-Mexico border use terms such as "border crossing" and "hybridity" which suggest that a unified culture-neither Mexican nor American, but an amalgamation of both-has arisen in the borderlands. But talking to people who actually …
Violence and Activism at the Border
Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez
Häftad, 2008
274 kr
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Between 1993 and 2003, more than 370 girls and women were murdered and their often-mutilated bodies dumped outside Ciudad JuÁrez in Chihuahua, Mexico. The murders have continued at a rate of approximately thirty per year, yet law enforcement officials have made no breakthroughs in finding the …
Sex Work and the City
The Social Geography of Health and Safety in Tijuana, Mexico
Häftad, 2009
212 kr
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A gateway at the U.S.-Mexico border, Tijuana is a complex urban center with a sizeable population of sex workers. An in-depth case study of the trade, Sex Work and the City is the first major ethnographic publication on contemporary prostitution in this locale, providing a detailed analysis of how …
Blockading the Border and Human Rights
The El Paso Operation That Remade Immigration Enforcement
Häftad, 2009
331 kr
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To understand border enforcement and the shape it has taken, it is imperative to examine a groundbreaking Border Patrol operation begun in 1993 in El Paso, Texas, "Operation Blockade." The El Paso Border Patrol designed and implemented this radical new strategy, posting 400 agents directly on the …
Border Junkies
Addiction and Survival on the Streets of Juárez and El Paso
Av Scott Comar
Häftad, 2011
274 kr
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The drug war that has turned JuÁrez, Mexico, into a killing field that has claimed more than 7,000 lives since 2008 captures headlines almost daily. But few accounts go all the way down to the streets to investigate the lives of individual drug users. One of those users, Scott Comar, survived years …
Border Contraband
A History of Smuggling Across the Rio Grande
Inbunden, 2015
514 kr
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Winner, Jim Parish Award for Documentation and Publication of Local and Regional History, Webb County Heritage Foundation, 2015Present-day smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border is a professional, often violent, criminal activity. However, it is only the latest chapter in a history of illicit …
Courage, Resistance, and Women in Ciudad Juárez
Challenges to Militarization
Av Kathleen Staudt, Zulma Y. Méndez
Häftad, 2015
340 kr
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Ciudad JuÁrez has recently become infamous for its murder rate, which topped 3,000 in 2010 as competing drug cartels grew increasingly violent and the military responded with violence as well. Despite the atmosphere of intimidation by troops, police, and organized criminals, women have led the way …
Crossing Borders, Reinforcing Borders
Social Categories, Metaphors, and Narrative Identities on the U.S.-Mexico Frontier
Av Pablo Vila
Häftad, 2000
331 kr
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Along the U.S.-Mexico frontier, where border crossings are a daily occurrence for many people, reinforcing borders is also a common activity. Not only does the U.S. Border Patrol strive to "hold the line" against illegal immigrants, but many residents on both sides of the border seek to define and …
Border Contraband
A History of Smuggling Across the Rio Grande
Häftad, 2015
274 kr
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Winner, Jim Parish Award for Documentation and Publication of Local and Regional History, Webb County Heritage Foundation, 2015Present-day smuggling across the U.S.-Mexico border is a professional, often violent, criminal activity. However, it is only the latest chapter in a history of illicit …
Sí, Ella Puede!
The Rhetorical Legacy of Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers
Inbunden, 2019
1020 kr
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Winner, Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, Public Address Division, National Communication Association, 2020Outstanding Book Award, Latina/o Communication Studies Division, National Communication Association, 2020Since the 1950s, Latina activist Dolores Huerta has been a fervent leader and organizer in …
Sí, Ella Puede!
The Rhetorical Legacy of Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers
Häftad, 2019
334 kr
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Winner, Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, Public Address Division, National Communication Association, 2020Outstanding Book Award, Latina/o Communication Studies Division, National Communication Association, 2020Since the 1950s, Latina activist Dolores Huerta has been a fervent leader and organizer in …
