Modernity at gunpoint : firearms, politics, and culture in Mexico and Central America /

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"Modernity at Gunpoint provides the first study of the political and cultural significance of weaponry in the context of major armed conflicts in Mexico and Central America. In this highly original study, Sophie Esch approaches political violence through its most direct but also most symbolic t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Esch, Sophie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Colección:Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Temas:
1910-1979
Firearms in literature > Case studies.
Firearms > Social aspects > Central America.
Firearms > Social aspects > Mexico.
Insurgency > Social aspects.
War in literature.
Militarism in literature.
Armes à feu > Aspect social > Amérique centrale.
Armes à feu > Aspect social > Mexique.
Révoltes > Aspect social.
Guerre dans la littérature.
Militarisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Firearms in literature
Firearms > Social aspects
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Militarism in literature
Social aspects
War in literature
Central America > History, Military > Social aspects.
Mexico > History, Military > Social aspects.
Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920 > Influence.
Nicaragua > History > Revolution, 1979 > Influence.
Amérique centrale > Histoire militaire > Aspect social.
Mexique > Histoire militaire > Aspect social.
Mexique > Histoire > 1910-1920 (Révolution) > Influence.
Nicaragua > Histoire > 1979 (Révolution) > Influence.
Central America
Mexico
Nicaragua
Case studies
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Firearms as symbols of insurgency and modernity
  • Carbines and cartridge belts : affirming one's presence
  • Pistols and paredón : violent politics of affect and modernity
  • Riddled by bullets : weaponry, militancy, and the people in arms as desire and enigma
  • Songs of guerrilla warfare and enchatment : popularizing and legitimizing armed struggle
  • Hidden arsenals : demobilized combatants and the postwar state of mind
  • Golden AK-47s and weapon displays : the props of the drug war
  • Epilogue: The long shadow of the rifle.

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