05141nam 22011411 450 991081818920332120230428223326.00-520-27677-90-520-95718-010.1525/9780520957183(CKB)2550000001138435(EBL)1504451(OCoLC)862049801(SSID)ssj0001047788(PQKBManifestationID)12432985(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047788(PQKBWorkID)11159078(PQKB)11021889(DE-B1597)520788(OCoLC)994433544(DE-B1597)9780520957183(Au-PeEL)EBL1504451(CaPaEBR)ebr10791348(CaONFJC)MIL538136(OCoLC)865853627(MiAaPQ)EBC1504451(EXLCZ)99255000000113843520130617h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhen I wear my alligator boots narco-culture in the US-Mexico borderlands /Shaylih MuehlmannBerkeley, California :University of California Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (241 p.)California Series in Public Anthropology ;33Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27678-7 1-306-06885-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction: Life at the Edges of the War on Drugs --1. Narco-Wives, Beauty Queens, and a Mother's Bribes --2. "When I Wear My Alligator Boots" --3. "A Narco without a Corrido Doesn't Exist" --4. The View from Cruz's Throne --5. Moving the Money When the Bank Accounts Get Full --6. "Now They Wear Tennis Shoes" --Conclusion: Puro pa'delante Mexico --Notes --References --IndexWhen I Wear My Alligator Boots examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narcotrafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. In particular, the book explores a crucial tension at the heart of the "war on drugs": despite the violence and suffering brought on by drug cartels, for the rural poor in Mexico's north, narcotrafficking offers one of the few paths to upward mobility and is a powerful source of cultural meanings and local prestige. In the borderlands, traces of the drug trade are everywhere: from gang violence in cities to drug addiction in rural villages, from the vibrant folklore popularized in the narco-corridos of Norteña music to the icon of Jesús Malverde, the "patron saint" of narcos, tucked beneath the shirts of local people. In When I Wear My Alligator Boots, the author explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers, who live at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of the war on drugs. Rather than telling the story of the powerful cartel leaders, the book focuses on the women who occasionally make their sandwiches, the low-level businessmen who launder their money, the addicts who consume their products, the mules who carry their money and drugs across borders, and the men and women who serve out prison sentences when their bosses' operations go awry.  Drug controlMexican-American Border RegionDrug controlUnited StatesDrug trafficMexican-American Border RegionDrug trafficUnited StatesRural poorMexicoMexican-American Border RegionSocial conditionsanthropologists.anthropology.borderlands.criminology.dispossessed.drug addiction.drug cartels.drug mules.drug trade.drug trafficking.drug violence.drug workers.folklore.gang violence.imprisonment.jesus malverde.men and women.mexican culture.mexico.migrant studies.militarization.modern culture.money.narco culture.narcotrafficking.nortena music.public anthropology.rural poor.rural villages.sociology.united states.us borders.war on drugs.Drug controlDrug controlDrug trafficDrug trafficRural poor363.450972/1SOC002010SOC007000bisacshMuehlmann Shaylih1979-1601014MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818189203321When I wear my alligator boots3924420UNINA