Taken Javier Valdez Cárdenas Everard Meade 9780806155760 Books Read online UXX

Taken Javier Valdez Cárdenas Everard Meade 9780806155760 Books Free Books Taken%20Javier%20Valdez%20C%C3%83%C2%A1rdenas%20Everard%20Meade%209780806155760%20Books

FCH

Taken%20Javier%20Valdez%20C%C3%83%C2%A1rdenas%20Everard%20Meade%209780806155760%20Books

Free Books Taken Javier Valdez Cárdenas Everard Meade 9780806155760 Books FCH

Conversations And Cosmopolitans Robert Rave 9780312554231 Books Free Books TRJ

A massive wave of violence has rippled across Mexico over the past decade. In the western state of Sinaloa, the birthplace of modern drug trafficking, ordinary citizens live in constant fear of being “taken”—kidnapped or held against their will by armed men, whether criminals, police, or both. This remarkable collection of firsthand accounts by prize-winning journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas provides a uniquely human perspective on life in Sinaloa during the drug war.

The reality of the Mexican drug war, a conflict fueled by uncertainty and fear, is far more complex than the images conjured in popular imagination. Often missing from news reports is the perspective of ordinary people—migrant workers, schoolteachers, single mothers, businessmen, teenagers, petty criminals, police officers, and local journalists—people whose worlds center not on drugs or illegal activity but on survival and resilience, truth and reconciliation. Building on a rich tradition of testimonial literature, Valdez Cárdenas recounts in gripping detail how people deal not only with the constant threat of physical violence but also with the fear, uncertainty, and guilt that afflict survivors and witnesses.

Mexican journalists who dare expose the drug war’s inconvenient political and social realities are censored and smeared, murdered, and “disappeared.” This is precisely why we need to hear from seasoned local reporters like Valdez Cárdenas who write about the places where they live, rely on a network of trusted sources built over decades, and tell the stories behind the headline-grabbing massacres and scandals.

In his informative introduction to the volume, translator Everard Meade orients the reader to the broader armed conflict in Mexico and explains the unique role of Sinaloa as its epicenter. Reports on border politics and infamous drug traffickers may obscure the victims’ suffering. The Taken helps ensure that their stories will not be forgotten or suppressed.

Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Everard Meade,Taken,OU Press,0806155760,Latin America - Mexico,Modern - 20th Century,Modern - 21st Century,Drug traffic - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),Drug traffic;Mexico;Sinaloa (State).,Kidnapping - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),Kidnapping victims - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),Kidnapping victims;Mexico;Sinaloa (State).,Kidnapping;Mexico;Sinaloa (State).,Organized crime - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),20th Century,21st Century,Drug War,Drug War; Sinaloa,General Adult,HISTORY,HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico,HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century,HISTORY / World,Hispanic/Latino,History/World,History World,Latin America,Mexico,Modern,Non-Fiction,SOCIAL SCIENCE,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society,Sinaloa,True Crime/Organized Crime,UNIVERSITY PRESS,United States,Violence in Society,World,HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico,HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century,HISTORY / World,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society,True Crime/Organized Crime,History,History World

Taken Javier Valdez Cárdenas Everard Meade 9780806155760 Books Reviews :

A massive wave of violence has rippled across Mexico over the past decade. In the western state of Sinaloa, the birthplace of modern drug trafficking, ordinary citizens live in constant fear of being “taken”—kidnapped or held against their will by armed men, whether criminals, police, or both. This remarkable collection of firsthand accounts by prize-winning journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas provides a uniquely human perspective on life in Sinaloa during the drug war.

The reality of the Mexican drug war, a conflict fueled by uncertainty and fear, is far more complex than the images conjured in popular imagination. Often missing from news reports is the perspective of ordinary people—migrant workers, schoolteachers, single mothers, businessmen, teenagers, petty criminals, police officers, and local journalists—people whose worlds center not on drugs or illegal activity but on survival and resilience, truth and reconciliation. Building on a rich tradition of testimonial literature, Valdez Cárdenas recounts in gripping detail how people deal not only with the constant threat of physical violence but also with the fear, uncertainty, and guilt that afflict survivors and witnesses.

Mexican journalists who dare expose the drug war’s inconvenient political and social realities are censored and smeared, murdered, and “disappeared.” This is precisely why we need to hear from seasoned local reporters like Valdez Cárdenas who write about the places where they live, rely on a network of trusted sources built over decades, and tell the stories behind the headline-grabbing massacres and scandals.

In his informative introduction to the volume, translator Everard Meade orients the reader to the broader armed conflict in Mexico and explains the unique role of Sinaloa as its epicenter. Reports on border politics and infamous drug traffickers may obscure the victims’ suffering. The Taken helps ensure that their stories will not be forgotten or suppressed.

Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Everard Meade,Taken,OU Press,0806155760,Latin America - Mexico,Modern - 20th Century,Modern - 21st Century,Drug traffic - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),Drug traffic;Mexico;Sinaloa (State).,Kidnapping - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),Kidnapping victims - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),Kidnapping victims;Mexico;Sinaloa (State).,Kidnapping;Mexico;Sinaloa (State).,Organized crime - Mexico - Sinaloa (State),20th Century,21st Century,Drug War,Drug War; Sinaloa,General Adult,HISTORY,HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico,HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century,HISTORY / World,Hispanic/Latino,History/World,History World,Latin America,Mexico,Modern,Non-Fiction,SOCIAL SCIENCE,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society,Sinaloa,True Crime/Organized Crime,UNIVERSITY PRESS,United States,Violence in Society,World,HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico,HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century,HISTORY / World,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society,True Crime/Organized Crime,History,History World

Taken [Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Everard Meade] on . DIVBR / A massive wave of violence has rippled across Mexico over the past decade. In the western state of Sinaloa

 

Product details Paperback 324 pages Publisher OU Press; First English edition with new introduction edition (January 26, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 9780806155760

"" [Review ]

Tags : Free Books,