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1 online resource |
| Series |
New directions in Latino American cultures |
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New directions in Latino American cultures.
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| Contents |
1. Deadly Employment within the Border Industrial Complex -- 2. Youthful Murders: Innocence and Professionalism -- 3. Sicario Masculinities: Feeling Reckless and Respectful -- 4. Fury at the Limits of Good and Evil |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 14, 2022) |
| Subject |
Assassins -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
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Assassins -- Interviews
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Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
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Violence -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
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Organized crime -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
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Assassins
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Drug traffic
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Organized crime
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Violence
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Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
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| Genre/Form |
interviews.
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Interviews
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Interviews.
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Interviews.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Irwin, Robert McKee, 1962- author.
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| ISBN |
9783030941185 |
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3030941183 |
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