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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Esch, Sophie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Series:Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Subjects:
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.)
Social aspects.
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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