Narrating narcos : stories from Culiacan and Medellin /
Narrating Narcos presents a probing examination of the prominent role of narcotics trafficking in contemporary Latin American cultural production. In her study, Gabriela Polit Dueñas juxtaposes two infamous narco regions, Culiacán, Mexico, and Medellín, Colombia, to demonstrate the powerful forces o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
2013.
©2013 |
| Series: | Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Narrating Narcos presents a probing examination of the prominent role of narcotics trafficking in contemporary Latin American cultural production. In her study, Gabriela Polit Dueñas juxtaposes two infamous narco regions, Culiacán, Mexico, and Medellín, Colombia, to demonstrate the powerful forces of violence, corruption, and avarice and their influence over locally based cultural texts. Polit Dueñas provides a theoretical basis for her methods, citing the work of Walter Benjamin, Pierre Bourdieu, and other cultural analysts. She supplements this with extensive ethnographic fieldwork, interview. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1306553717 9781306553711 9780822979098 0822979098 |