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
Autor principal: Esch, Sophie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War in literature.
Social aspects.
Militarism in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Firearms > Social aspects.
Firearms in literature.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Militarisme dans la litterature.
Guerre dans la litterature.
Revoltes > Aspect social.
Armes à feu > Aspect social > Mexique.
Armes à feu > Aspect social > Amerique centrale.
Insurgency > Social aspects.
Firearms > Social aspects > Mexico.
Firearms > Social aspects > Central America.
Firearms in literature > Case studies.
Nicaragua.
Mexico.
Central America.
Nicaragua > Histoire > 1979 (Revolution) > Influence.
Mexique > Histoire > 1910-1920 (Revolution) > Influence.
Mexique > Histoire militaire > Aspect social.
Amerique centrale > Histoire militaire > Aspect social.
Nicaragua > History > Revolution, 1979 > Influence.
Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920 > Influence.
Mexico > History, Military > Social aspects.
Central America > History, Military > Social aspects.
Military history.
History.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
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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