{"product_id":"contraband-cultures-reframing-smuggling-across-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-paperback-1","title":"Contraband Cultures: Reframing Smuggling Across Latin America and the Caribbean - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Cearns\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCharles Beach\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh and non-stereotypical take on smuggling in Latin America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContraband Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e reframes smuggling activities across Latin America (including the Caribbean) and its diasporas through the lenses of kinship, political movements, economic exchange, and resistance to capitalist state hegemony, countering the popular representations of smuggling in the region as chaotic, lawless, violent, and exotic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book includes a broad range of chapters from social science and humanities scholars, and it uses various methodologies, theoretical traditions, and analytic approaches to explore the efficacy and valence of smuggling as a lens to examine personhood, materiality, statehood, and political (dis)connection across Latin America. Its combination of historic documentation and contemporary ethnographic research highlights the development of these cultural practices while grounding them in the capitalist and colonial refashioning of the entire region since the sixteenth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Cearns\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow in anthropology at UCL. \u003cb\u003eCharles Beach\u003c\/b\u003e is an interim lecturer in political anthropology at King's College London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685285806301,"sku":"9781800087255","price":75.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/VVb4oKrCyT9781800087255_6476a454-22ac-4c08-9a9d-012dd65baa76.webp?v=1774008218","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/contraband-cultures-reframing-smuggling-across-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}