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Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism: Profiting from Pablo
Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism documents the story of the drug violence in Medellin in the 1980s and 1990s and critically examines the position of its victims. Drawing on unique empirical material, the book addresses the consequences of commercial exploitation of Medellin's violent past for its victims and for the nature of the city today.
| Author(s) | By Katja Franko (Professor of Criminology, Professor of Criminology, University of Oslo), David R. Goyes (Researcher, Researcher, University of Oslo). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 15 Sept 2023 |
| Availability | Available |
Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism documents the story of the drug violence in Medellin in the 1980s and 1990s and critically examines the position of its victims. Drawing on unique empirical material, the book addresses the consequences of commercial exploitation of Medellin's violent past for its victims and for the nature of the city today.
Preface 1: Introduction 2: A city at war 3: Invisible victims in a commodified world 4: Building a global brand 5: 'There are many uncomfortable dynamics in a production' 6: Dark consumerism and the trauma(tic) economy 7: The quest for recognition
Katja Franko is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has published extensively on globalisation, migration and border control, international police co-operation and the use of advanced information and communication technologies
