{"product_id":"drug-cartels-do-not-exist-oswaldo-zavala-9780826504678","title":"Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in Us and Mexican Culture","description":"Through political and cultural analysis of representations of the so-called war on drugs, Oswaldo Zavala makes the case that the very terms we use to describe drug traffickers are a constructed subterfuge for the real narcos: politicians, corporations, and the military. Though Donald Trump's incendiary comments and monstrous policies on the border revealed the character of a deeply depraved leader, state violence on both sides of the border is nothing new. Immigration has endured as a prevailing news topic, but it is a fixture of modern society in the neoliberal era; the future will be one of exile brought on by state violence and the plundering of our natural resources to sate capitalist greed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet the realities of violence in Mexico and along the border are obscured by the books, films, and TV series we consume. In truth, works like \u003ci\u003eSicario\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the South\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNarcos\u003c\/i\u003e hide Mexico's political realities. Alongside these examples, Zavala discusses Charles Bowden, \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e by Roberto Bola, and other important Latin American writers as examples of those who do capture the realities of the drug war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Translated into English by William Savinar, \u003ci\u003eDrug Cartels Do Not Exist\u003c\/i\u003e will be useful for journalists, political scientists, philosophers, and writers of any kind who wish to break down the constructed barriers--physical and mental--created by those in power around the reality of the Mexican drug trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oswaldo Zavala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826504671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826504678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Oswaldo Zavala","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075439292671,"sku":"9780826504678","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75edd79f-e5ec-4bd4-8f31-86450d86f8ff.jpg?v=1685459429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drug-cartels-do-not-exist-oswaldo-zavala-9780826504678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}