Trafficking: Narcoculture in Mexico and the United States

by Hector Amaya

Book Overview

In Trafficking Hector Amaya examines how the dramatic escalation of drug violence in Mexico in 2008 prompted new forms of participation in public culture in Mexico and the United States. He contends that, by becoming a site of national and transnational debate about the role of the state, this violence altered the modes publicness could take, transforming assumptions about freedom of expression and the rules of public participation. Amaya examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478008040
• ISBN13: 9781478008040
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"