Listening to Sicarios : narcoviolence in Ciudad Juárez, 2008-2012 /

Listening to Sicarios : narcoviolence in Ciudad Juárez, 2008-2012 /

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Author / Creator:Chacón Castañón, Arturo, author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Description:vii, 125 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:New directions in Latino American cultures
New directions in Latino American cultures.
Subject:
Assassins -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.
Assassins -- Interviews.
Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.
Violence -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.
Organized crime -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.
Assassins.
Drug traffic.
Organized crime.
Violence.
Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.
Interviews.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12714061
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Other authors / contributors:Irwin, Robert McKee, 1962- author.
ISBN:3030941175
9783030941178
9783030941185 (PDF ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Listening to Sicarios presents new insights into the lives of paid assassins of Mexicos 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 Juarez 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, as well 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.
Other form:ebook version : 9783030941185

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