A Woman Formed the First Cartel? Historical imagination and realities of the US-Mexico drug war
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12970870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elaine Carey (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Pages | 25-41 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social History of Alcohol Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-2783 • E-ISSN: 2640-7329 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/shad31010025 |
| OpenAlex | W2899334326 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Weaving together three historical and contemporary case studies of Mexican female drug traffickers, this article challenges continued scholarly claims that little is known about women’s involvement in organized crime prior to 2000s. Women’s drug organizations are multi-dimensional affairs, built on familial and social networks that have historically expanded to incorporate police and state agents. This article tracks several such organizations to expand the “new drug history,” and demonstrating historical continuities in the women’s roles, how policing agents perceived and publicly decried them, and how journalists constructed narratives about them in the media
Art · Business · Cartel · Criminology · Drug trafficking · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Weaving · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · History
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |