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Drug cartels do not exist: narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican culture

Oswaldo Zavala; translated by William Savinar
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2022]
Copyright:
©2022
Related Series:
Critical Mexican studies

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Summary:
"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 advancement of lucrative and repressive public policy and special interests that benefit politicians, transnational corporations, and police and military forces from both the US and Mexico"-- [Provided by publisher]
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The invention of a formidable enemy
  • Narco culture depoliticized
  • The cartels do not exist (but state violence does)
  • Four writers subverting the narco narrative
  • Drug trafficking, soldiers, and police on the border
  • Epilogue. The new "cartel war" is not new, nor a war, nor between cartels.
Author/Creator:
Zavala, Oswaldo, 1975- , author
Contributors:
Savinar, William, 1990- , translator
Languages:
English
Spanish
Language Notes:
In English; translated from the Spanish.
Main Work:
Cárteles no existen [by Zavala, O.] (English)
Other Related Resources:
Online version: Drug cartels do not exist [by Zavala, O.] (Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2022] — ISBN 0826504698; LCCN 2021050483; OCLC Number 1280406223)
Related Series:
Critical Mexican studies
Subjects:
Drug traffic — Mexico — History — 20th century
Drug control — Mexico — History — 20th century
Drug traffic — United States — History — 20th century
Drug control — United States — History — 20th century
1900-1999
Drug control
Drug traffic
United States
Mexico
Genres:
History
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:
x, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Physical Characteristics:
illustration
Call Numbers:
HV5840.M6 Z3813 2022
ISBNs:
9780826504661 (paperback)
0826504663 (paperback)
9780826504678 (hardback)
0826504671 (hardback)
9780826504685 (epub) [Invalid]
082650468X (epub) [Invalid]
9780826504692 (pdf) [Invalid]
0826504698 (pdf) [Invalid]
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2021050482
OCLC Numbers:
1280407580