Narcomedia – Latinidad, Popular Culture, and America`s War on Drugs Ruiz

NarcomediaLatinidad, Popular Culture, and America's War on Drugs\nAuthor(s): Jason Ruiz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477328187, 978-1477328187\nSynopsis\n2024 Honorable Mention - The Victor Villaseor Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book Award English, Empowering Latino Futures International Latino Book Awards\n\nExploring representations of Latinx people from Scarface to Narcos, this book examines how pop culture has framed Latin America as the villain in Americas long and ineffectual War on Drugs.\n\n If there is an enemy in the War on Drugs, it is people of color. That is the lesson of forty years of cultural production in the United States. Popular culture, from Scarface and Miami Vice to Narcos and Better Call Saul, has continually positioned Latinos as an alien people who threaten the US body politic with drugs. Jason Ruiz explores the creation and endurance of this trope, its effects on .