| Modernity at Gunpoint: Firearms, Politics, and Culture in Mexico and Central America Contributor(s): Esch, Sophie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822965380 ISBN-13: 9780822965381 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - History | Latin America - Mexico - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 355.009 |
| LCCN: 2018048795 |
| Series: Pitt Illuminations |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. In this highly original study, Sophie Esch approaches political violence through its most direct but also most symbolic tool: the firearm. In novels, songs, and photos of insurgency, firearms appear as artifacts, tropes, and props, through which artists negotiate conceptions of modernity, citizenship, and militancy. Esch grounds her analysis in important rereadings of canonical texts by Mart n Luis Guzman, Nellie Campobello, Omar Cabezas, Gioconda Belli, Sergio Ramirez, Horacio Castellanos Moya, and others. Through the lens of the iconic firearm, Esch relates the story of the peasant insurgencies of the Mexican Revolution, the guerrilla warfare of the Sandinista Revolution, and the ongoing drug-related wars in Mexico and Central America, to highlight the historical, cultural, gendered, and political significance of weapons in this volatile region. |
