When I Wear My Alligator Boots Narco-Culture in the U. S. Mexico Borderlands

Name: When I Wear My Alligator Boots Narco-Culture in the U. S. Mexico Borderlands
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ISBN: 9780520276789

ISBN-10: 0520276787

ISBN-13: 9780520276789

Edition: 2014

Authors: Shaylih Muehlmann

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When I Wear My Alligator Boots examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. In particular, the book explores a crucial tension at the heart of the "war on drugs": that despite the violence and suffering brought on by drug cartels, narco-trafficking represents one of the few promises of upward mobility for the rural poor in Mexico's north as well as a powerful source of cultural meanings and local prestige.The traces of the drug trade are everywhere in the borderlands: from gang violence in cities and drug addiction in rural villages, to the vibrant folklore popularized in the narco-corridos of Norteña music…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English