Adiï¿½s Niï¿½o The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death

Name: Adiï¿½s Niï¿½o The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death
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ISBN: 9780822353157

ISBN-10: 0822353156

ISBN-13: 9780822353157

Edition: 2013

Authors: Deborah T. Levenson

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InAdiós Niño: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death, Deborah T. Levenson examines transformations in the Guatemalan gangs calledMarasbetween their emergence in the 1980s and the early 2000s. A historical study,Adiós Niñodescribes how fragile spaces of friendship and exploration turned into rigid and violent ones in which youth, and especially young men, came to employ death as a natural way of living for the short period that they expect to survive. Levenson relates the stark changes in theMarasto global, national, and urban deterioration; transregional gangs that intersect with the drug trade; and the Guatemalan military's obliteration of radical popular movements and of…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 4/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Rise and Fall of Tomorrow



Death and Politics, 1950s-2000s



1980s: The Gangs to Live For



1990s and Beyond: The Gangs to Die For



Democracy and Lock-Up



Open Ending


Notes


Bibliography


Index