« Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale

As it may be the case with other social categories, that of the drug trafficker shows us what we want to see. What does it conceal in the Mexico - U.S. borderlands? What practices connected to the drug trade does this category help paper over? In regions where this illegal trade possesses social, ec...

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Main Author: Sabine Guez
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Université Paris 3 2020-04-01
Series:Cahiers des Amériques Latines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cal/9952
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spelling doaj-924b9725ac4f4ab5ae6df88a9bdb208c2020-11-25T03:13:57ZfraUniversité Paris 3Cahiers des Amériques Latines1141-71612020-04-01929311310.4000/cal.9952« Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie socialeSabine GuezAs it may be the case with other social categories, that of the drug trafficker shows us what we want to see. What does it conceal in the Mexico - U.S. borderlands? What practices connected to the drug trade does this category help paper over? In regions where this illegal trade possesses social, economic and political ramifications of prime importance, to which practical ends is this social category being used? Researching these questions is a means of refining the analysis of forms of social organization revolving around the illicit at the Mexico - U.S. border and beyond.http://journals.openedition.org/cal/9952social categoriesdrugsMexico - United States border
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« Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
Cahiers des Amériques Latines
social categories
drugs
Mexico - United States border
author_facet Sabine Guez
author_sort Sabine Guez
title « Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
title_short « Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
title_full « Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
title_fullStr « Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
title_full_unstemmed « Trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
title_sort « trafiquant de drogue » : mirages et usages d’une catégorie sociale
publisher Université Paris 3
series Cahiers des Amériques Latines
issn 1141-7161
publishDate 2020-04-01
description As it may be the case with other social categories, that of the drug trafficker shows us what we want to see. What does it conceal in the Mexico - U.S. borderlands? What practices connected to the drug trade does this category help paper over? In regions where this illegal trade possesses social, economic and political ramifications of prime importance, to which practical ends is this social category being used? Researching these questions is a means of refining the analysis of forms of social organization revolving around the illicit at the Mexico - U.S. border and beyond.
topic social categories
drugs
Mexico - United States border
url http://journals.openedition.org/cal/9952
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