ISBN:
9781477324073
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 220 Seiten
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cardona, Julián, 1960 - Abecedario de Juárez
DDC:
303.609764/4
Keywords:
Violence Dictionaries
;
Violence Dictionaries Slang
;
Violence Pictorial works
;
Persons Interviews
;
Engravings
;
Wörterbuch
;
Ciudad Juárez
;
Wortschatz
;
Gewaltkriminalität
;
Drogenszene
Abstract:
"The violence in Juárez, starting with the femicides of the 1990s and continuing with the explosion of cartel-related mayhem that made it one of the world's most dangerous cities from 2008-2012, has spawned an enormous number of books. It has also inspired a new lexicon. This glossary is composed of words gathered by the authors from personal interviews, media accounts, or conversations overheard on the street. Some are common words, some are slang, and collectively they offer a linguistic portrait of Juárez and its violence. Occasionally, entries will be accompanied by a longer narrative drawn from Cardona's interviews. The stories put the term in context, though they also provide a personal, ethnographic counterpoint to media reports of the same events (not to mention an indictment of the Mexican state's approach to drug trafficking)"--
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