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Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]

1 online resource (284 pages)

ISBN 9780822986133 (e-book)

ISBN 9780822965381

Illuminations: Cultural formations of the Americas series

Print version: Esch, Sophie. Modernity at gunpoint : firearms, politics, and culture in Mexico and Central America. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2018 284 pages Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.) ISBN 9780822965381

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Firearms as symbols of insurgency and modernity -- Carbines and cartridge belts : affirming one’s presence -- Pistols and paredon : violent politics of affect and modernity -- Riddled by bullets : weaponry, militancy, and the people in arms as desire and enigma -- Songs of guerrilla warfare and enchatment : popularizing and legitimizing armed struggle -- Hidden arsenals : demobilized combatants and the postwar state of mind -- Golden AK-47s and weapon displays : the props of the drug war -- Epilogue: The long shadow of the rifle.

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