Narrating Narcos - Culiacán and Medellín

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.

About the author

Gabriela Polit Dueñas is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Cosas de hombres: Escritores y caudillos en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX and the coeditor of Meanings of Violence in Contemporary Latin America.

Summary

Narrating Narcos presents a probing examination of the prominent role of narcotics trafficking in contemporary Latin American cultural production.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriela Polit Due¿as, Gabriela Polit Duenas, Gabriela Polit Duenas, Gabriela Polit Dueñas
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2013
• EAN: 9780822962571
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6257-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 321 g
• Series: Pitt Illuminations; Pitt Illuminations; Illuminations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology