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When I wear my alligator boots : narco-culture in the US-Mexico borderlands /
When I Wear My Alligator Boots examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narcotrafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. In particular, the book explores a crucial tension at the heart of the ""war on drugs"": despite the violence and sufferi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, California :
University of California Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | California Series in Public Anthropology ;
33 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When I Wear My Alligator Boots examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narcotrafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. In particular, the book explores a crucial tension at the heart of the ""war on drugs"": despite the violence and suffering brought on by drug cartels, for the rural poor in Mexico's north, narcotrafficking offers one of the few paths to upward mobility and is a powerful source of cultural meanings and local prestige. In the borderlands, traces of the drug trade are everywhere: from gang violence in cities to drug addiction |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520957183 0520957180 0520276787 9780520276789 |