« Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
As it may be the case with other social categories, that of the drug trafficker shows us what we want to see. What does it conceal in the Mexico - U.S. borderlands? What practices connected to the drug trade does this category help paper over? In regions where this illegal trade possesses social, ec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Université Paris 3
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Cahiers des Amériques Latines |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cal/9952 |
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| Summary: | As it may be the case with other social categories, that of the drug trafficker shows us what we want to see. What does it conceal in the Mexico - U.S. borderlands? What practices connected to the drug trade does this category help paper over? In regions where this illegal trade possesses social, economic and political ramifications of prime importance, to which practical ends is this social category being used? Researching these questions is a means of refining the analysis of forms of social organization revolving around the illicit at the Mexico - U.S. border and beyond. |
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| ISSN: | 1141-7161 2268-4247 |