Narratives of Vulnerability in Mexico's War on Drugs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030511463)

This book explores the current human rights crisis created by the War on Drugs in Mexico. It focuses on three vulnerable communities that have felt the impacts of this war firsthand: undocumented Central American migrants in transit to the United States, journalists who report on violence in highly dangerous regions, and the mourning relatives of victims of severe crimes, who take collective action by participating in human rights investigations and searching for their missing loved ones. Analyzing contemporary novels, journalistic chronicles, testimonial works, and documentaries, the book reveals the political potential of these communities' vulnerability and victimization portrayed in these fictional and non-fictional representations. Violence against migrants, journalists, and activists reveals an array of human rights violations affecting the right to safe transit across borders, freedom of expression, the right to information, and the right to truth and justice.

Author: Ra伃 Diego Rivera Hern疣dez
ISBN-10: 3030511464
ISBN-13: 9783030511463
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/14/2021
Pages: 211
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.47d