TY - JOUR
T1 - Mexico
T2 - The Binary Narrative of the Performance of Self-Defense Groups in Tierra Caliente Michoacán
AU - Pérez, Miguel Ángel Vite
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - binary narratives
KW - performance
KW - rural police
KW - self-defense groups
KW - violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055422071&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2158244018802884
DO - 10.1177/2158244018802884
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85055422071
SN - 2158-2440
VL - 8
JO - SAGE Open
JF - SAGE Open
IS - 4
ER -
