{"product_id":"narcomedia-9781477328194","title":"Narcomedia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring representations of Latinx people from Scarface to Narcos, this book examines how pop culture has framed Latin America as the villain in America’s long and ineffectual War on Drugs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e If there is an enemy in the War on Drugs, it is people of color. That is the lesson of forty years of cultural production in the United States. Popular culture, from \u003ci\u003eScarface\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiami Vice\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eNarcos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetter Call Saul\u003c\/i\u003e, has continually positioned Latinos as an alien people who threaten the US body politic with drugs. Jason Ruiz explores the creation and endurance of this trope, its effects on Latin Americans and Latinx people, and its role in the cultural politics of the War on Drugs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Even as the focus of drug anxiety has shifted over the years from cocaine to crack and from methamphetamines to opioids, and even as significant strides have been made in representational politics in many areas of pop culture, Latinx people remain an unshake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. “Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy”: South Florida, Cocaine, and the Many Faces of Scarface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Miami Vices: Whiteness and Otherness in Representing the Criminalized City \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. “The Most Alive Dead Man in the World”: Plotting the Death of Pablo Escobar \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Dancing toward Revenge: Queer Representation and What It Means to Be Seen in Narcomedia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Dark Matters: Breaking Bad and the Suburban Crime Drama \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Bad Hombres: Narcomedia at the US-Mexico Border \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. From Public Enemy to Global Media Commodity: Pablo Escobar Transformed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue. “It’s Time for a White Man to Leave the Building”: Centering Latinidad in Narcomedia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selected Filmography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408964788567,"sku":"9781477328194","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477328194.jpg?v=1730504887","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/narcomedia-9781477328194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}