Documenting Violence in Calderón's Mexico : Visual Culture, Resistance and Memorialisation /

In Mexico, during the presidency of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) and as a direct result of his 'war' on drugs, at least 60,000 people were killed, tens of thousands were 'disappeared' and countless more were subjected to kidnapping and sexual violence. This book analyses how arti...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wax-Edwards, Jessica (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Tamesis, 2023.
Collection:Violence in the Hispanic and Lusophone Worlds ; IV
Sujets:
Since 2000
Violence > Social aspects > Mexico > 21st century.
Political violence > Mexico > History > 21st century.
Political violence in art.
Political violence in motion pictures.
Drug control > Mexico > History > 21st century.
Violence > Social aspects
Drug control.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
Mexico > Politics and government > 2000-
Mexico.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Socio-historical contexts
  • 2. 2006 Presidential elections
  • 3. Portraits and landscapes: documenting the drug-war dead
  • 4. Responses to violence
  • El movimiento por la paz con justicia y dignidad
  • 5. Living the drug war
  • Conclusion
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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