Narrative Complicity in Stories of Violence from Latin America
This book explores why stories of Latin American violence are commonplace. These stories are often set in exotic locations and feature cartel hitmen and carbon copies of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar, ragtag guerrillas, and bloodthirsty dictators. This book examines how Latin American violence has become a genre catering to Northern audiences’ appetite for images of either a violent Latin Americ...
This book explores why stories of Latin American violence are commonplace. These stories are often set in exotic locations and feature cartel hitmen and carbon copies of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar, ragtag guerrillas, and bloodthirsty dictators. This book examines how Latin American violence has become a genre catering to Northern audiences’ appetite for images of either a violent Latin Americ...
