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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gabriela Polit Due¿as, Gabriela Polit Duenas, Gabriela Polit Duenas, Gabriela Polit Dueñas
• Editore: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.10.2013
• EAN: 9780822962571
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6257-1
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 139 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 321 g
• Serie: Pitt Illuminations; Pitt Illuminations; Illuminations
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata