| 书目名称 | Listening to Sicarios |
| 副标题 | Narcoviolence in Ciu |
| 编辑 | Arturo Chacón Castañón,Robert McKee Irwin |
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| 概述 | Presents direct testimonial evidence on the experiences of paid assassins of Mexico’s drug cartels.Testimonial narratives of the sicarios that complicate and challenge the theoretical approaches to na |
| 丛书名称 | New Directions in Latino American Cultures |
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| 描述 | .Listening to Sicarios. presents new insights into the lives of paid assassins of Mexico’s drug trafficking syndicates from the perspectives of the assassins themselves. Based on an extraordinary series of ethnographic interviews carried out in the wake of the record levels of narcoviolence experienced in Ciudad Juárez between 2008 and 2012, this study analyzes the ways in which these young men interpret their actions across four key thematic axes: border infrastructures, youth and responsibility, masculinity and sentiment, and ethics: good vs. evil..It argues that sicarios follow a career path within a criminal corporate infrastructure that is especially robust in Mexican border cities. It also explores how sicarios understand youthful innocence in relation to adult accountability in the realm of violence that is frequently meted out by young men on other young men. It then analyzes sicarios’ expressions of feelings of power that may boost their sense of virility, aswell as feelings of fear and regret that imply weakness. Finally, it examines how sicarios defend their personal integrity in the face of a public discourse that views their acts as savage.. |
| 出版日期 | Book 2022 |
| 关键词 | Sicario; narcoviolence; Mexican narcotrafficking; drug violence; Ciudad Juárez; Border Industrial Complex |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94118-5 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-94120-8 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-94118-5Series ISSN 1554-4028 Series E-ISSN 2634-520X |
| issn_series | 1554-4028 |
| copyright | The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 |
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