Annotated Bibliography: Violence in Mexican Culture Studies

This annotated bibliography delves into the multifaceted issue of violence within Mexican culture, examining various perspectives through a selection of books and journal articles. The bibliography explores themes such as drug violence, the impact of organized crime, social movements, and immigration. It includes analyses of labor movements, conflicts, and the evolution of violence in Mexico. Key topics covered include the effects of the Mexican drug war, the role of journalists in reporting violence, and the impact of violence on migration patterns. Additionally, the bibliography examines the role of cultural factors, such as familism and machismo, in relation to family violence and the experiences of Mexican men in addiction treatment centers. The included texts offer insights into the historical, social, and psychological dimensions of violence, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject.

An Annotated
Bibliography

Contents
BOOKS............................................................................................................................................3
JOURNALS.....................................................................................................................................4

BOOKS
Illades, C., 2017. Conflict, Domination, and Violence: Episodes in Mexican Social History (Vol.
2). Berghahn Books.
Annotation: The book on Conflicts, Dominance and Violence contains the history of various
social movements which are scattered in the history and geography of Mexico’s. The main
subject that the book includes is the labour movement, the attacks on various shops in the
Mexico City along with the cycle of social violence in the southern part of the country. The book
is not only the heuristic guide for the chapters that are included in the book but also reflects upon
diverse, unequal, unfair and social conscious society. Later in the book various conditions during
the Mexican Revolution are discussed such as trade unionism, need and collective bargaining
powers of the employees regarding the working conditions that were provided to them and many
more. According to this book it is identified that the conflicts raised within the society which
were related to land disputes, problems of old resentments, demographic expectations. One of
them included the confrontation among the popular armies and the foreign minorities section.
Apart from this it supports to understand the violence against some of the Spanish residents as
they were the immigrants who worked in the economic niches where they engaged in conflicts
with different people belonging to Porfirio Diaz regime. With such conflicts the leads to the
national identity with was in opposition to the Mexican identity, Spanish colony along with the
Unites States.
Legrás, H., 2017. Culture and revolution: violence, memory, and the making of modern Mexico.
University of Texas Press.
Annotation: The Culture and Revolution for the violence, memory and the making of modern
Mexico is an aesthetic reading gives the political, society and cultural views during and after the
Mexican Revolution. With the help of this book it can be identified that how culture mediates the
power instead of uniting the people living within the country. This book explores the radical
changes that took place in the Mexican culture post revolution which includes new and internal
migrations, popular biographical narratives, collective imagination of the future in context of the
power and culture that will exist within the territory. The book Culture and Revolution also talk
about the stories from the past where some are good ones. The characters act in the classic period
which is the revolution time that developed, built and transformed the culture.

Herlinghaus, H., 2016. Violence without guilt: Ethical narratives from the global South.
Springer.
Annotation: According to the book of Hermann Herlinghaus's the modernity in the global south
can be understood specifically the Latin America by emphasis and focusing upon the ethical
responses towards the violence that took place. In the book the author argued that the most of the
recent phases in the modernity has changed in such a manner that new theories are required for
establishing better connection between various perception of the violence as well as the practice
of it. The book Violence Without Guilt has been classified into four parts, in which first part of
the book is dedicated to the theorization of the Benjamin’s concept related to the bare life with
the help of which the discussion on nacro-narrative can be facilitated in context to “modern war
on affect.” The second part of the book focuses upon the nacro-corrido along with the issues
related to the identification of presence of death, while the third part of the book develops the
understanding of the theo-political discussion related to the Colombian affective marginalities.
The last part of the book provides the analysis of a movie in the Latin America which is related
with the econo-cultural matrix that can help in pointing out the spaces beyond bare life.
JOURNALS
Curry, T.R., Morales, M.C., Zavala, E. and Hernandez, J.L., 2018. Why is family violence lower
among Mexican immigrants? The protective features of Mexican culture. Journal of family
violence. 33(3). pp.171-184.
Annotation: According to the report of the Curry, Morales and others it can be determined that
in the violence and the crime the immigrants were less involved that the native born. This tends
to imply that the amount of family violence among the immigrants in Mexican countries is
lesser. It can also be identified that the cultural features among the immigrants such as machismo
leads to increase in the family violence. With the help of a random sampling method on the
adults in El Paso County, Texas, it was determine by the authors that the level of Mexican
violence among the first generation of the immigrants is lower in comparison to second
generation Americans and third generations Americans as well as 1.5 generation of the Mexican
immigrants. With the help of this sampling they have also determined that the process of change

in social, psychological and culture has impact on the higher level of the migrants. Also it was
identified that familism and machismo is not that high among the first generation
immigrants in the Mexico. With the help of this research so undertaken by the
authors they could easily ascertain the impact on the process of adoption of
new culture on the Mexican Immigrants as well as on the different generation
Americans.
Hughes, S. and Márquez-Ramírez, M., 2017. Examining the practices that Mexican journalists
employ to reduce risk in a context of violence. International Journal of Communication, 11, p.23.
Annotation: The Hughes and Márquez-Ramírez undertaken the research on the journalists that
are working on the issue of Mexican violence in context to the practices that they have employed
for mitigating the risks associated. With this they examined that war correspondents on
assignments which are temporary in nature or psychological events that leads to traumatic events
after the war or related events are over offers various risks to them. Study of these practices is
important as with this possible consequence on the national journalistic practices can be taken
into consideration effectively. This research considers various such issues such as risk reduction
practices for the journalists in Mexico. Various practices that are used and identified in our study
includes self-censorship followed by the company censorship polices, concealing sensitive
information, curtaining street reporting etc. The authors with the help of regression techniques
identified the predictors of engagement with such risk reduction practices and for this they tested
various organisational, occupational normative and contextual conditions. On the basis of their
research they determined various findings which include the pervasiveness of risk-reduction
practices in Mexico along with various complexities of conditions prompting the use of various
practices. With this it could be analysed that their research set the baseline for others for
undertaking a comparative research in future in context of various sub national conditions, how
uneven capacity of the state as well as the violence can undermine the economic conditions of
the various media firms present in that particular location.
Orozco-Aleman, S. and Gonzalez-Lozano, H., 2018. Drug violence and migration flows lessons
from the Mexican drug war. Journal of Human Resources, 53(3), pp.717-749.

Annotation: With the help of this report of Orozco-Aleman and Gonzalez-Lozano, the effect of
violence due to aggressive campaign that was launched by the Mexico against drug trafficking
organisation can be examined. They launch this campaign on the immigration into the Unites
States so that they can understand the impact of it on the nation. The authors instrument for
violence the use of electoral cycles along with this they considered two channels through which
the violence impacts the migration and such channel are local violence and transit violence. The
migration of Mexico was taken place due to violence within the municipality and this lead to
various problems to the entire nations affecting the economy adversely. On the other hand, due
to such violence the migration of the people was discouraged. The figures identified in the
research reflects that in the year between 2007 and 2012, various violence both local and transit
has positive impact on the migration. In addition to this it was identified by the authors that
violence was responsible for increase in the migration rate to an extent of 1.53 percentages.
Osorio, J., 2015. The contagion of drug violence: spatiotemporal dynamics of the Mexican war
on drugs. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 59(8), pp.1403-1432.
Annotation: As per the report of Osorio, the understanding is facilitated for the increase in the
number of the drug violence and the diffusion of the drug violence that took place in Mexico
between the years 2000 to 2010. Such understanding was developed with the interaction that was
taken place between the state and the organised criminals. Also they relied upon the database of
the events in which more than 1.6 millions of observations were included. The results are based
upon various spatial econometrics that provides evidence for the spatial evidence for the
diffusion of the violence. The theoretical expectations of the research are quite similar to what
was identified as the results reflected that the disruptive effect of the laws that are enforced are
considered to be an important catalyst for strengthening of the violence among the criminal
organisations, especially for those areas where the criminal groups are so active. With the help of
this the relation between the violent and nonviolent laws are identified that enables in
understanding its impact on the behaviours along with their actions of the criminal organisations
and their groups. in addition to this with this report it can be identified that various broad factors
such as international factors, geographic factors and socioeconomic characteristics have greater
impact and effect on the dynamic of the drug related violence and issues.

Lozano-Verduzco, I., Marín-Navarrete, R., Romero-Mendoza, M. and Tena-Suck, A., 2016.
Experiences of power and violence in Mexican men attending mutual-aid residential centers for
addiction treatment. American journal of men's health, 10(3), pp.237-249.
Annotation: In this report the authors aims to determine the power and violence in Mexican men
in context of attending the mutual aid residential centres for the treatment of their addictions.
With the help of this report fundamental elements related to the hegemonic masculinity including
the power and violence’s are taken into consideration. They are analysed in consideration with a
12 step programs and philosophy which has been immersed in Mutual-Aid residential centres for
Addiction treatment. This is the organisation that has been operating in Mexico for supporting
the treatment to the people suffering from the addiction. It is characterised by control and
violence so that the people can be facilitated in managing the impact of such problem. To
support this research the authors interviewed few men who resides in these centres which have
different socio demographic characteristics. On the basis of the responses various results were
drawn out which includes that power is expressed by the drug abuse and it leads to subsequent
bio psychosocial degradation. For residing in the CRAMAAs centres the women are motivated
but the men are admitted to the centres unwillingly as they do not seek and residence. With the
help of this report it is identified that these centres facilitated in carrying out the power which is
developed through violence among the people which are victims of the abuse. Also they
identified the role of such centres in the Mexican public health in their research report.
Rodríguez Ferreira, O., 2016. Violent Mexico: Participatory and Multipolar Violence Associated
with Organised Crime. International Journal of Conflict & Violence, 10(1).
Annotation: Due to violence the Mexico faced a significant wave of violence and a spike in
homicides which are associated with states responses as well as various organised crimes. The
actions that were taken by the state are considered to be significant triggers. Apart from this the
author identified that with the introduction of some actors into the play the participation in the
violence in Mexico increased. But with the involvement of various groups the violence in
Mexico beamed multipolar. With the help of this report and the paper of the author nature of
violence in the Mexico can be examined efficiently by incorporating extremely violent societies
approach. This enables to understand various features of the violence along with the intensity of
the conflicts, also it considers the changes that were taking place in the violence. In addition to

this it will enable to identify the reasons of participation of various actors and groups in the
Mexican Violence overtime. This paper of the author facilitates understanding of a series of
violence that are converging simultaneously along with the various government policies which
were successful and which were not successful in managing the issue of violence and efficiencies
in addressing related social dimensions.