I must admit, before reading Shaylih Muehlmann’s chapter “A Narco without a Corrido Doesn’t Exist”, I had not yet heard of narco-corridos or the extensive cultural popularity they have amassed. Of course, although I am somewhat familiar with the history of the War on Drugs, and the nature of cartels, it is fascinating to me […]
I greatly appreciated this rather short article. It was purely anthropological and did not criminalize coca and by association the people who harvest it, as I find most Western media does. In her abstract, Alison Spedding does note the stigma associated with the plants that narcotics derive from in the U.S., especially in context to…
I greatly appreciated this rather short article. It was purely anthropological and did not criminalize coca and by association the people who harvest it, as I find most Western media does. In her abstract, Alison Spedding does note the stigma associated with the plants that narcotics derive from in the U.S., especially in context to…
A conversation with Shaylih Muehlmann
The Cultural Life of Coca and The Coca War While doing these readings I concentrated my thinking on ideas of criminalization and the vilification of Indigenous practices. The first article “The Cultural Life of Coca” described the practices surrounding coca production, distribution, and consumption. It was interesting to learn about the cultivation process. I wasContinue reading “Week 5: Drugs LAST 201”
I am going to apologize in before hand for this blog post turning into a rant. Although I found the readings by Allison Spedding on the Bolivian coca farming really interesting, the only thought that really came to me was how I despise the United States. I cannot understand that because they had failed in […]
The following two articles were both forms of internal displeasure over the situation. And, a series of reactions from the protagonists. The first article I will discuss is the Cooking Lessons piece where the main character is a female and newly married wife. Her position in the situation speaks and reads melancholic. Throughout the story […]
