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Review: Narrating Narcos: Culiacán and Medellín – by Gabriela Polit Dueñas

Wez G January 23, 2018 No Comments Colombia Culiacán Culichi drug war El Chapo Gabriela Polit Duenas Latin America Medellin Mexico narco-trafficking Narcocultura Narcoculture narconovela Narcos narcotics Narrating Narcos Pablo Escobar paisa parlache President Calderon shantytowns sicaresca sicario Sinaloa Sinaloa Cartel violence war on drugs

The author is exploring the impact of local culture on the artistic output of Narcoculture in the form of literature and art in two specific par excellence Narco cities in Latin America. We are introduced to the Culichis of Culiacán in Mexicos Sinaloa and they can be contrasted with the…

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Review: Fiesta en la Madriguera – by Juan Pablo Villalobos

Wez G January 13, 2018 No Comments Africa drug war dwarf hippo guillotine Japanese Japanese samurais JFK John Kennedy Juan Pablo Villalobos liberia Louis XVI lovebirds Marie Antoinette Martin Luther King Mexican mexican drug war Mexico monrovia narconovela Narcos rabbit rabbit burrow rabbit warren Spanish Tochtli Yolcaut

This is a narconovela, a Spanish language work of fiction set in the narco world of drug trafficking. The young Mexican author, Juan Pablo Villalobos presents ‘ Party in the Rabbit Burrow’, a short, fast-moving look at life behind the palace facade of a Mexican drug kingpin, Yolcaut, through the…

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The Cultural Politics of the ‘War on Drugs’ in Latin America: Prohibition and Beyond? – By Dr Joey Whitfield, Cardiff University, 22.11.17

Wez G November 22, 2017 No Comments alfredo molano Brazil carlos fuentes César gaviria civil rights Cocaine Cowboys cold war Colombia crime David Nutt DEA Dr Joey Whitfield Dragon Translate drug cartelssinaloa cartel drugs El Chapo el patron del mal el ruido de las cosas al caer el señor de los cielos embrace of the serpeny Escobar Fiesta en la madriguera Foreign Languages Griselda BLANCO hippies Home Grown Isaac Campos jail Joaqín Loera-Guzman Joey Whitfield juan gabriel vasquez Juan Pablo Villalobos kofi annan la hermana sombra Latin America Lockdown marijuana mario vargas llosa Medellin medellin cartel Mexican Mexico MLANG narcoaesthetic Narcocultura narconovela Narcos narcotics narcotraficantes nick clegg Nixon Patron Del Mal prison Prison Writing prohibition racism Rebusque Mayor red command Scarfacr Sean Penn Sinaloa Spanish Trabajos del Reino Translation US President USA vicentw fox war on drugs yuri herrera

Dr. Joey Whitfield, a Research Fellow at Cardiff University, explores prison writing and the effects of the ‘War on Drugs’ in Latin America. His forthcoming book analyzes the blurred lines between political and criminal prisoners and discusses the impact of cultural productions like films and narco-novelas on societal perceptions of drug-related violence and policy.

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