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Modernity at Gunpoint provides the first study of the political and cultural significance of weaponry in the context of major armed conflicts in Mexico and Central America.

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Modernity at Gunpoint is a unique and groundbreaking study on the culture of guns and the way in which material objects and the imagination about them contribute to discussions of gender, politics, and ideology. This is a rare book that organically understands the shared and diverging histories of Mexico and Central America, in ways that have been rendered urgent by new migration and economic patterns."" - Ignacio M. Sanchez Prado, Washington University, St. Louis

""To the saying that ‘war is the continuation of politics by other means,' Foucault replied that ‘power is the continuation of war by other means.' Esch shows that, in the context of Mexican and Central American modern history, both sayings are relevant. Brilliantly argued, and using the rifle as a symbolic tool, she produces a striking new image of these cultures."" - Jorge Aguilar Mora, University of Maryland

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      Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
      Publication Date: 10/16/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780822965381, 978-0822965381
      ISBN10: 0822965380
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Modernity at Gunpoint provides the first study of the political and cultural significance of weaponry in the context of major armed conflicts in Mexico and Central America.

      Trade Review
      Modernity at Gunpoint is a unique and groundbreaking study on the culture of guns and the way in which material objects and the imagination about them contribute to discussions of gender, politics, and ideology. This is a rare book that organically understands the shared and diverging histories of Mexico and Central America, in ways that have been rendered urgent by new migration and economic patterns."" - Ignacio M. Sanchez Prado, Washington University, St. Louis

      ""To the saying that ‘war is the continuation of politics by other means,' Foucault replied that ‘power is the continuation of war by other means.' Esch shows that, in the context of Mexican and Central American modern history, both sayings are relevant. Brilliantly argued, and using the rifle as a symbolic tool, she produces a striking new image of these cultures."" - Jorge Aguilar Mora, University of Maryland

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