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Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs."

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"[Provides] nuanced gendered insights into the traditionally masculine narco universe." -- Marilyn Gates New York Journal of Books "[Muehlmann's] gift for narrative provides a powerful analytical lens." -- Derek Gregory Geographical Imaginations

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Life at the Edges of the War on Drugs 1. Narco-Wives, Beauty Queens, and a Mother's Bribes 2. "When I Wear My Alligator Boots" 3. "A Narco without a Corrido Doesn't Exist" 4. The View from Cruz's Throne 5. Moving the Money When the Bank Accounts Get Full 6. "Now They Wear Tennis Shoes" Conclusion: Puro pa'delante Mexico Notes References Index

When I Wear My Alligator Boots

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 9 November 2013
      ISBN-13 9780520276789
      978-0520276789
      ISBN-10 0520276787
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Geography Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs."

      Trade Review
      "[Provides] nuanced gendered insights into the traditionally masculine narco universe." -- Marilyn Gates New York Journal of Books "[Muehlmann's] gift for narrative provides a powerful analytical lens." -- Derek Gregory Geographical Imaginations

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Life at the Edges of the War on Drugs 1. Narco-Wives, Beauty Queens, and a Mother's Bribes 2. "When I Wear My Alligator Boots" 3. "A Narco without a Corrido Doesn't Exist" 4. The View from Cruz's Throne 5. Moving the Money When the Bank Accounts Get Full 6. "Now They Wear Tennis Shoes" Conclusion: Puro pa'delante Mexico Notes References Index

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