Modernity at gunpoint : firearms, politics, and culture in Mexico and Central America / Sophie Esch.
2018
F1438 .E834 2018
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Modernity at gunpoint : firearms, politics, and culture in Mexico and Central America / Sophie Esch.
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9780822965381
9780822986133 (e-book)
9780822986133 (e-book)
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Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Copyright
2018
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English
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1 online resource (284 pages).
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F1438 .E834 2018
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355.009728
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Introduction: Firearms as symbols of insurgency and modernity
Carbines and cartridge belts : affirming one's presence
Pistols and paredon : violent politics of affect and modernity
Riddled by bullets : weaponry, militancy, and the people in arms as desire and enigma
Songs of guerrilla warfare and enchatment : popularizing and legitimizing armed struggle
Hidden arsenals : demobilized combatants and the postwar state of mind
Golden AK-47s and weapon displays : the props of the drug war
Epilogue: The long shadow of the rifle.
Carbines and cartridge belts : affirming one's presence
Pistols and paredon : violent politics of affect and modernity
Riddled by bullets : weaponry, militancy, and the people in arms as desire and enigma
Songs of guerrilla warfare and enchatment : popularizing and legitimizing armed struggle
Hidden arsenals : demobilized combatants and the postwar state of mind
Golden AK-47s and weapon displays : the props of the drug war
Epilogue: The long shadow of the rifle.