Barrio Libre

Criminalizing States and Delinquent Refusals of the New Frontier

Autor: Rosas, Gilberto
Editor: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822352259
eISBN Pdf: 9780822391838
Lugar de publicación: Durham , Estados Unidos
Año de publicación digital: 2012
Mes: Junio
Páginas: 200
DDC: 364.10972/1
Idioma: Ingles

Descripción

The city of Nogales straddles the border running between Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. On the Mexican side, marginalized youths calling themselves Barrio Libre (Free 'Hood) employ violence, theft, and bribery to survive, often preying on undocumented migrants who navigate the city's sewer system to cross the US-Mexico border. In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the youths' descent into Barrio Libre.

Rosas argues that although these youths participate in the victimization of others, they should not be demonized. They are complexly and adversely situated. The effects of NAFTA have forced many of them, as well as other Mexicans, to migrate to Nogales. Moving fluidly with the youths through the spaces that they inhabit and control, he shows how the militarization of the border actually destabilized the region and led Barrio Libre to turn to increasingly violent activities, including drug trafficking. By focusing on these youths and their delinquency, Rosas demonstrates how capitalism and criminality shape perceptions and experiences of race, sovereignty, and resistance along the US-Mexico border.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Criminalizing Depths of States and Other Shit
Chapter 1: Other Nightmares and the Rise of the New Frontier
Chapter 2: Against Mexico: Thickening Delinquency of the New Frontier
Chapter 3: Low- Intensity Reinforcements: Cholos, Chúntaros, and the “Criminal” Abandonments of the New Frontier
Interlude: Post–September 11 at the New Frontier
Chapter 4: Against the United States: The Violent Inaugurations and Delinquent Exceptions of the New Frontier
Chapter 5: Oozing Barrio Libre and the Pathological Ends of Life
Interlude: Nervous Cocks at the New Frontier
Conclusion: The New Frontier Thickens
Notes
Bibliography
Index