Title Documenting violence in Calderón's Mexico : visual culture, resistance and memorialisation / Jessica Wax-Edwards

Published Woodbridge, Suffolk : Tamesis, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Violence in the Hispanic and Lusophone Worlds ; IV Violence in the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds ; IV. Contents Introduction -- 1. Socio-historical contexts -- 2. 2006 Presidential elections -- 3. Portraits and landscapes: documenting the drug-war dead -- 4. Responses to violence -- El movimiento por la paz con justicia y dignidad -- 5. Living the drug war -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index Summary In Mexico, during the presidency of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) and as a direct result of his 'war' on drugs, at least 60,000 people were killed, tens of thousands were 'disappeared' and countless more were subjected to kidnapping and sexual violence. This book analyses how artists and filmmakers, alongside affected citizens, attempted to navigate, articulate and contend with this unparalleled escalation in brutality Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDFl title page (JSTOR, viewed on April 18, 2023) Subject Violence -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- 21st century Political violence -- Mexico -- History -- 21st century Political violence in art. Political violence in motion pictures. Drug control -- Mexico -- History -- 21st century Violence -- Social aspects Drug control Political violence Political violence in art Political violence in motion pictures Politics and government SUBJECT Mexico -- Politics and government -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007000271 Subject Mexico Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1800109792 9781800109803 1800109806 9781800109797

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