This study examines representations of the cityscape and of a so-called" new urban
violence" in both detective-centered and detectiveless crime fiction produced in Spanish …

The War on Drugs, launched by the United States in the 1970s and subsequently waged
with the collaboration of governments throughout Latin America, has helped to consolidate …

Desde los años noventa en adelante México y Colombia han presenciado el boom de las
producciones culturales del narcotráfico. Este artículo hace una cartografía de la narco …

Desde la perspectiva de la frontera Estados Unidos-México, se analizarán en este capítulo
cuatro temas actuales en estudios de la frontera. Las fronteras se analizarán básicamente …

A recent boom in criminal violence has transformed social life in many parts of Latin
America. According to homicide statistics published by the United Nations in 2012, eight of …

El aumento de la violencia asociada a la lucha contra las drogas establecida por el
gobierno mexicano y el fracaso del Estado en los intentos de controlar esa violencia, que …

So-called narcoliterature in Mexico faces bitter controversy about its merits, duties, and
scope. Compared with the three dominant discourses about the narco phenomenon in …

In an overview of the so-called nueva narrativa del norte, this essay focuses on the
conflictive relationship between regional literature and economic and cultural globalization …

El célebre boxeador Raúl 'El Ratón'Macías, al finalizar cada pelea mencionaba:“Todo se lo
debo a mi manager ya la Virgencita de Guadalupe”. Disto años luz de ser guadalupano. Por …

This is the first book to explore the multitude of narrative media forms created by and that
feature Latinos in the twenty-first century-a radically different cultural landscape to earlier …