Guns, Gold and Corporeal Inscriptions
The Image of State Violence in Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12225249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Carlin (0000-0002-0955-9463, Pratt Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 503-514 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Third Text (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-8822 • E-ISSN: 1475-5297 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09528822.2012.712763 |
| OpenAlex | W1542339865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Drawing upon visual materials documenting the recent upsurge in government, cartel and paramilitary sponsored violence in Mexico, this article highlights the ways in which State fetishism in Mexico and the inviolability of the State rely on a specific use of the sacred generated in public displays of excess that advertise how one's adversaries await ‘a fate far worse than death’. The article specifically refers to visual images of criminals, weaponry and violent acts to show how the expanse of the State in Mexico is such that even violence perpetrated against the federal government by groups commonly assumed its enemy, such as drug cartels, is not only enacted via a similar logic to that of its avowed enemy, but serves as a necessary supplement to its existence
Adversary · Cartel · Collusion · Computer security · Criminology · Drug trafficking · Economics · Fetishism · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Public security · Sociology · State (computer science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Philosophy · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |