Drug Cartels Do Not Exist

Oswaldo Zavala, William Savinar

Description

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 revealed 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. Alongside these examples, Zavala discusses Charles Bowden, 2666 by Roberto Bolaño, and other important Latin American writers as examples of those who do capture the realities of the drug war.

Translated into English by William Savinar, 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.
Introduction: The Invention of a Formidable Enemy
Chapter 1: Narco Culture Depoliticized
Chapter 2: Drug Cartels Do Not Exist (but State Violence Does)
Chapter 3: Four Writers Subverting the Narco Narrative
Chapter 4: Drug Trafficking, Soldiers, and Police on the Border
Epilogue: The New "Cartel War" Is Not New, nor a War, nor between Cartels
Afterword for the English Edition
Notes
Index

Sujets

• Violence in Society
• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
• Mexico ? United States border
• Mexican literature
• Felipe Calderón
• Enrique Peña Nieto
• Violence
• Ronald Reagan
• Richard Nixon
• PAN
• PRI

Informations

• Publié par: Vanderbilt University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780826504692
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

            

  TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM SAvINAR

                         |                      

DRUG CaRtéls Do Not Exîst

C r i t i C a l M e x i C a n S t u d i e S Serîes edîor: ïgnacîo M. Sáncez Prado

Cça Méxça Sûés s é îs És-aûaé, ûaés- basé, éôéça ôçûsé açaéç séés évôé ô é sû ô Méxçô. hé séés s a saçé ô ôvavé wôks  é ûaés a ôçûs ô éôéça aass, assça évéôs, a ôa çôçéûa a.

Ôé és  é séés: he Resless Dead: Necrowrîîng and Dîsapproprîaîon, b Csa véa Gaza Hîsory and Modern Medîa: A Personal Journey, b Jô Maz Toxîc Loves, ïmpossîble Fuures: Femînîs Lîvîng as Resîsance, b a Ééaz Unlawful Vîolence: Mexîcan Law and Culural Producîon, b ébéçça Jazé

DRUG CaRtéls Do Not Exîst NàRçORàiçkî î US àD MExîçà CûLûRE

OsWàLDô ZàVàLà TRàsLàED by WîLLîàm SàvîàR

Vaéb Uvés Péss Nasvîlle, Tennessee

Originally published în  asLos cáreles no exîsen. NarcoráIco y culura en Méxîcoby Malpaso Edîorîal.

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Lîbrary of Congress Caalogîng-în-Publîcaîon Daa Names: Zavala, Oswaldo, - auor. | Savînar, Wîllîam, - ranslaor. Tîle: Drug carels do no exîs : narcoraIckîng în U.S. and Mexîcan  culure / Oswaldo Zavala ; ranslaed by Wîllîam Savînar. Oer îles: Ćreles no exîsen. Englîs Descrîpîon: Nasvîlle : Vanderbîl Unîversîy Press, [] | ïncludes  bîblîograpîcal references and îndex. ïdenîiers: LCCN  (prîn) | LCCN  (ebook) | ïSBN   (paperback) | ïSBN  (ardback) | ïSBN   (epub) | ïSBN  (pdf) Subjecs: LCSH: Drug raIc—Mexîco—Hîsory— cenury. | Drug  conrol—Mexîco—Hîsory— cenury. | Drug raIc—Unîed  Saes—Hîsory— cenury. | Drug conrol—Unîed  Saes—Hîsory— cenury. Classîicaîon: LCC HV.M Z  (prîn) | LCC HV.M (ebook)  | DDC ./—dc/eng/ LC record avaîlable a ps://lccn.loc.gov/ LC ebook record avaîlable a ps://lccn.loc.gov/

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Conténts

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Açkôwéés x

ïnTroducTIon. hé véô ô a Fôabé Éé

Naçô Cûûé Déôçzé

Dû Caés Dô Nô Éxs (bû Saé Vôéçé Dôés)

Fôû Wés Sûbvé é Naçô Naavé Dû aiçk, Sôés, a Pôçé ô é Bôé

EpILogue. hé Néw “Caé Wa” s Nô Néw, ô a Wa, ô béwéé Caés

Atéwô ô é És Éô  Nôés  éx 

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