Mexico: The Binary Narrative of the Performance of Self-Defense Groups in Tierra Caliente Michoacán

Miguel à ngel Vite Pérez

SAGE Open, 2018, vol. 8, issue 4, 2158244018802884

Abstract: Social symbolic action is interpreted through binary narrative as a discourse constructed by motives, relationships, and institutions. This discourse is based on a distinction between the pure and the impure, the good and the bad, and the sacred and the profane, and it is linked with the cultural imaginary that lends a particular meaning to social acts. In this case, the analysis of the binary narrative of self-defense groups in Tierra Caliente (Michoacán) allowed interpretations to be made regarding regional armed social action in a national setting, shaped by the government discourse that blames organized crime for national public insecurity.

Keywords: self-defense groups; binary narratives; performance; rural police; violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244018802884

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