Mortal Doubt : Transnational Gangs and Social Order in Guatemala City /

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"The fact and fear of crime dominate Guatemala City. In the midst of unprecedented levels of postwar violence, Guatemalans struggle to comprehend the myriad forces that have made life in this city so deeply insecure. Born out of histories of state terror, migration, and deportation, maras (or t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fontes, Anthony W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Violence.
Social conditions.
Gangs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Violence > Guatemala > Guatemala.
Gangs > Guatemala > Guatemala.
Guatemala > Guatemala.
Guatemala (Guatemala) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Bring out the dead
  • Portrait of a "real" marero
  • Brother's bones
  • Emissaries of the violent peace
  • The road to prison
  • Porous prisons
  • The prisoners and the cascabel
  • Extorted life
  • Make it a global
  • Made for media murder
  • Farewell Guatemala City
  • Liminal redemption
  • Epilogue.

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