Narrating narcos culiacán and medellín / Gabriela Polit Dueñas.

Author/creator Polit Dueñas, Gabriela
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013]
Descriptionxiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Mexican fiction--Mexico. --Culiacán (Sinaloa). --History and criticism.
Drug traffic in literature.
Violence in literature.
Colombian fiction--Colombia. --Medellín. --History and criticism.
Drug traffic--Mexico. --Culiacán (Sinaloa).
Drug traffic--Colombia. --Medellín.
Culiacán (Sinaloa, Mexico)--In literature.
Medellín (Colombia)--In literature.

SeriesIlluminations: cultural formations of the Americas
Contents Introduction -- The places -- The book in three Culichi novels -- The author, the crime, the idiot, and the language of the narcos -- Dealing with everyday violence: the journalist and the painter -- The epics of two highlanders: Castulo Bojorquez and Ramon Guerrero -- The problematic emergence of sicarios in Colombia -- Love and letters in the times of narcos -- Gender and genre in Hector Abad Faciolince's Angosta -- Playing with stereotypes -- Epilogue.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013023783
ISBN9780822962571 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN0822962578 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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