Drug-Trafficking as a dispositif of sex-gender power: organized crime, masculinity and queer theory

In this article we review the distinction between criminal and delinquent organization in Mexico, as well as the way it has been studied in its relation with men, masculinity and sexuality. We propose, departing from a set of empirical references and with the support from queer theory, that we shoul...

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Autores: Núñez Noriega, Guillermo, Espinoza Cid, Claudia Esthela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Interdisciplinaria de estudios de género de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx:article/119
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx/index.php/eg/article/view/119
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:crime
drug trafficking
masculinity
queer theory
crimen organizado
narcotráfico
masculinidad
teoría queer
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Sumario:In this article we review the distinction between criminal and delinquent organization in Mexico, as well as the way it has been studied in its relation with men, masculinity and sexuality. We propose, departing from a set of empirical references and with the support from queer theory, that we should consider drug-trafficking and its concomitant “narcoculture”, a major example of organized crime, as a technology of gender and sexuality, and that through that doing it reproduces its economic and symbolic capital.